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Car-Sized Aircraft Crashes Into Beijing’s Tallest Building

6/27/2026

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An aircraft roughly the size of a car struck Beijing’s tallest building on Friday.
Officials said the crash was a rare breach of Beijing’s tightly regulated, heavily controlled airspace, making such accidents uncommon.
The crash follows previous Beijing small-aircraft accidents, including a 2022 tourist helicopter crash that killed two pilots, a 2018 civil helicopter crash that injured four, and a 2011 police helicopter crash that killed four crew members.

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An aircraft roughly the size of a car struck Beijing’s tallest building on Friday.
Officials said the crash was a rare breach of Beijing’s tightly regulated, heavily controlled airspace, making such accidents uncommon.
The crash follows previous Beijing small-aircraft accidents, including a 2022 tourist helicopter crash that killed two pilots, a 2018 civil helicopter crash that injured four, and a 2011 police helicopter crash that killed four crew members.