A small aircraft appeared to have struck the tallest building in Beijing on Friday afternoon, in a shocking incident in the Chinese capital.Rescue workers stand near firetrucks behind a cordon line on a road next to CITIC Tower, also known as China Zun, in Beijing, China June 26, 2026. (REUTERS)According to a CNN report, people evacuated from the skyscraper gathered on the streets near the entrance, along with firetrucks, police cars, and an ambulance.Dramatic footage posted on social media showed debris falling from the 109-story CITIC Tower, also known as China Zun, along with a tail section of the plane and a broken taxi window on the ground.The building is a 108-story skyscraper in east Beijing. It is the headquarters of the state-owned conglomerate CITIC Group and the tallest building in the Chinese capital.There is a heavy police presence at the site, with some roads leading up to the building closed to cars. Police officers were spotted stopping people from taking pictures and ushering people away from the building, Reuters reported.According to CNN, the plane’s registration code appeared to indicate a domestically manufactured light sport aircraft, a Sunward SA 60L Aurora, owned by a local general aviation company.Unverified flight data from Flightradar24 posted online appeared to show a severely deviated flight path for the aircraft.