Posted on 06/26/2026 7:19:02 AM PDT by Red Badger
A small plane crashes into a 109-story skyscraper in Beijing, sending debris down the building's side.
Local reports say the pilot Liu Junhua was conducting a solo flight in the local airspace, took off from Shifosi Airport at 17:30, and at 17:40 prepared to return for landing. While joining the westbound route for Runway 18, the aircraft did not join the approach, deviated from the local airspace and continued flying on a constant heading of 270 degrees.
VIDEO AT LINK..................
Aviation Ping...............😥
Saudis?
No, Native. Maybe a suicide, or medical condition...............
Pretty hard not to see a building when flying a small plane at less than 140 knots.
One of the many empty skyscrapers ?
There was a military plane which crashed into the Empire State Building during WWII.
“took off from Shifosi Airport at 17:30, and at 17:40 prepared to return for landing”
I would think the pilot would have had to file a flight plan.
What was it?
If I recall that was a B-25 in thick fog before modern avionics, instruments, and radar.
You’d be shocked to see the density of the smog in Beijing.
Death is everywhere
There are flies on the windscreen
For a start
Reminding us
We could be torn apart
Tonight
Resulting in the enactment of the Federal Tort Claims Act.
CITIC Tower, also known as China Zun,[a] is a supertall skyscraper in the Central Business District of Beijing, China. The 109-story, 528-metre (1,732 ft) building constructed by China Construction Third Engineering Bureau is the tallest in the city, surpassing the China World Trade Center Tower III by 190 metres (620 ft).[3]
On 18 August 2016, CITIC Tower surpassed China World Trade Center Tower III in height, becoming Beijing’s tallest building.[4] The tower structurally topped out on 9 July 2017,[5] fully topped out on 18 August 2017, and was completed in late 2018, making CITIC Tower the tallest completed building of 2018.[6] As of 2024, it is the tallest building with a rooftop helipad in the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Zun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsvCGwQ5cjU
In fog as I recall. It was a B-25.
My first thought is can you imagine how difficult and expensive it is to fly a GA type aircraft in China?
That’s correct. A medium bomber with two air-cooled radial engines! We’re not talking a Piper Cub sized plane here, not even close.
Yep. The city is in a low land area. The smog never lifts. It chokes in the winter then again in summer. All those coal powered electric plants and cars.
“Local reports say the pilot Liu Junhua was conducting a solo flight in the local airspace”. A Top Gun pilot.
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