It was a Y-8X long-range maritime patrol aircraft that landed on Fiery Cross Reef Posted on April 18, 2016April 18, 2016 by alert5 It was a Y-8X long-range maritime patrol aircraft from the PLAN that landed on Fiery Cross Reef on Apr. 17 to pick up three workers on the artificial island. Related posts (Automatically Generated): Philippines to lodge protest with China over test flight at Fiery Cross Reef Chinese aircraft landed on Fiery Cross Reef First Chinese military aircraft to land at Fiery Cross reef China’s Airfield Construction at Fiery Cross Reef in Context: Catch-Up or Coercion? The two airliners that landed on Fiery Cross Reef Thales completes delivery of four CN-235 maritime patrol aircraft to Turkey