See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy IMOGEN GARFINKEL - SENIOR FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 14:33 BST, 26 June 2026 | Updated: 14:52 BST, 26 June 2026
An aircraft crashed into Beijing's tallest skyscraper on Friday afternoon, triggering emergency evacuations.The China Zun skyscraper is one of the top 10 tallest buildings in the world, measuring 528 metres.Dramatic footage circulating on social media showed debris falling from the 109-story tower, as well as a tail section of the plane and a broken window of a taxicab on the ground. Photographs show two smashed windows in the side of the building, which is located in the capital’s busy central business district, Chaoyang District.People were seen evacuating from the skyscraper as fire engines, police cars and an ambulance arrived at the scene.The building, also known as the Citic Tower, is the headquarters of Citic Group, one of China's biggest state-owned financial conglomerates.The number of casualties remains unclear.Images showing the aircraft's registration code seemed to point to a domestically manufactured light sport plane, a Sunward SA 60L Aurora, owned by a local general aviation business.Unverified flight data from Flightradar24 appeared to show a severely deviated flight path for the aircraft. An aircraft crashed into Beijing's tallest skyscraper on Friday afternoon, triggering emergency evacuations Dramatic footage circulating on social media showed debris falling from the 109-story tower, as well as a tail section of the plane and a broken window of a taxicab on the groundThis is a breaking news story. More to follow
