Smith, 35, hasn't dropped any hint about his retirement plans. With the T20 format set to be played at the LA 28 Olympics, Smith sees himself playing the shortest format of cricket in the next four years.
Smith, who is Australia's premier batter in Tests and ODIs and is considered as one of the finest longest format batters of all time, was dropped from the ICC T20 World Cup squad in favour of more younger, hard-hitting batter.
The air incident took place in Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) when two Chinese fighter jets executed a dangerous manoeuvre at around 9 a.m. and dropped flares in the path of the NC-212i on August 8.