Yeah but the CA was right there as well - but in any case that guy’s flying days are over plus - I do hope he has enough money to pay for that diversion. Just a minor one is over $25,000 if it’s your fault. This one they’ll have to sell the farm.
It would have been cheaper for the family if they had kept going and turned him over to the Chinese authorities - then they’d just have to pay for the cost of the bullet.