Small aircraft crashes into Beijing’s tallest skyscraper

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A small aircraft appeared to have struck the tallest building in China’s capital on Friday afternoon, in a shocking incident in one of the world’s most fortified cities.


Dramatic footage from Beijing posted on social media showed debris falling from the 109-story CITIC Tower, also known as China Zun, as well as a tail section of the plane and a broken window of a taxicab on the ground.

A CNN journalist witnessed people evacuated from the skyscraper gathering on the streets near the entrance, along with firetrucks, police cars and an ambulance.
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Looks like it suffered a bird strike - the building that is.

Seriously though, RIP.
 
It seemed to float down like a leaf.

Reminds me of the Cessna 152 - a leaf with an engine.
 
I just saw a photo of the pilot, alive... and the pilot worked at the same place he/she flew into, hmmmm

suspicious, but then again this is the internet
 
Tongs of Destiny said:
I just saw a photo of the pilot, alive... and the pilot worked at the same place he/she flew into, hmmmm

suspicious, but then again this is the internet
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We will likely never know the full story, since anything to do with Beijing and 'security' is highly sensitive...

killing the pilot and injuring 13 other people.
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A short while later, it was like nothing had happened.

All references to the incident – and the shocking footage of it – had been scrubbed from Chinese social media. The government initially did not publicly acknowledge any incident had taken place. State media – including the country’s national broadcaster CCTV, headquartered across the road from the crash site – made no mention of the incident.
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