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Small aircraft strikes Beijing’s tallest building

Damage can be seen on the exterior of CITIC Tower after it was struck by what witnesses said was a small aircraft, in Beijing on June 26, 2026. (Photo: Reuters)

BEIJING - An aircraft about ​the size of a car crashed into Beijing’s tallest building, the CITIC Tower, ​on Friday, as police closed off roads around the skyscraper and stopped passersby from filming the scene.

The incident involved a domestically made Sunward SA 60L Aurora single-passenger sport plane, according to the South China Morning Post. The collision scattered debris across the central business district and prompted immediate evacuation of the 109-storey skyscraper.

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