Authorities in Beijing identify the person as a 66-year-old resident of the Chinese capital with a private pilot licence.

Civilian aircraft penetrated Beijing’s highly militarised airspace to collide with Citic Tower, the capital’s tallest skyscraper

Chinese authorities say the pilot who crashed a small plane into Beijing's tallest building last week wrote about “ending his life” in his diary.

The pilot who died after crashing a small plane into Beijing's tallest skyscraper, injuring 13 people, had mental health issues and had written about suicide in his diary,…