Small plane crashes into Beijing’s tallest skyscraper, CITIC Tower
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A major emergency response was captured on video Friday after a small plane crashed into Beijing’s tallest skyscraper, prompting an immediate information blackout from Chinese officials, the Associated Press reported.
Videos and photos shared on social media show the plane crashing to the ground, leaving a large hole in the 108-storey CITIC Tower in the business district of China’s capital.
Police, fire brigade and emergency services teams arrived at the scene and prevented witnesses from taking photographs and trying to clear the area.
People gather near the CITIC Tower in Beijing on June 26, 2026, after an eyewitness reported plane wreckage at the base of Beijing’s tallest building. Video footage shot by a witness from a nearby building showed fire trucks spraying water into smoke billowing from the 528-meter (1,732-foot) CITIC Tower and the wreckage of a plane lying on the ground next to the building. (Adek Berry/AFP via Getty Images)
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A person working inside the high-rise building said the plane crash triggered the building’s fire alarms.
Flight tracking data from Flightradar24 showed the plane was a Sunward SA 60L Aurora, took off about 30 miles east of the city and crashed shortly before 6pm local time.
According to air traffic data, ADS-B data for the flight only includes the partial flight path and stops before the collision.
A hole is seen in the side of the CITIC Tower in Beijing on June 26, 2026, following a reported plane crash (R). (Peter Catterall/AFP via Getty Images)
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A.P. reported He said photos and videos of the incident escaped the country’s “great firewall” and spread on social media platform X, but Chinese censors removed content related to the crash from the country’s restricted internet.
As of Friday afternoon, no information had been released by government officials or state-run media.
Police personnel block the road near CITIC Tower in Beijing on June 26, 2026. (Adek Berry/AFP via Getty Images)
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The cause of the accident, the identity of the pilot and the death toll are not yet known.
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This is an evolving story. Please check back for updates.
