Joey_P
June 27, 2026, 1:00am
2
Obviously this is awful, but based on the headline I was expecting something a lot worse:
“An aircraft the size of a car” is a very small airplane. It’s also a weird way to describe a conventional winged airplane. I wonder if it was a drone.
Man, I’ve worked crappy office jobs before. Can you imagine sitting there, listening to your coworkers having some inane conversation, rolling your eyes at yet another meeting that could’ve been a damn email and BAM!! a friggin’ plane crashes through the window.
Monty
June 27, 2026, 1:19am
5
A number of sites say the plane was Sunward SA 60L Aurora , a one pilot and one passenger craft.
Now with a wingspan of 28’ & only two broken windows in the building.
Monty
June 28, 2026, 1:31am
8
Evidently the Chinese government has released some information on the event.
On Friday afternoon a small plane appeared to evade some of the world’s strictest aviation controls and slam into the tallest skyscraper in Beijing, the 109-story CITIC Tower that dominates the city’s skyline, killing the pilot and injuring 13 other people.
The crash sent shards of glass and aircraft debris plummeting hundreds of feet down to the streets below as office workers left for the weekend, causing panic in the heart of China’s most protected city.
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.
That’s thanks to the work of China’s army of censors and the Communist authorities’ obsessive control over information – particularly concerning events they believe may bring negative attention or consequences
The information vacuum left a host of unanswered questions for those who witnessed the event, or saw reports of it. For almost a day it was unknown how many people were injured in the incident.
On Saturday afternoon local time, media affiliated with the Beijing government reported a “single-engine double-seat light sports aircraft collided with a high-rise building in flight,” and that the pilot – the only person on board – had been killed and 13 people injured at the scene. The incident was being “investigated,” it said.
It’s still unknown whether the crash was accidental or intentional.
So, one person dead and thirteen injured. And the national news service is across the street.
bobot
June 28, 2026, 2:27pm
9
I read that in Marissa Tomei’s “My Cousin Vinny” voice.
That’s how I meant it! I’m so tickled that someone caught the vague reference.
