{"id":35758,"date":"2026-06-27T00:43:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T00:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/06\/27\/small-plane-collides-with-citic-tower-beijings-tallest-skyscraper\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T00:43:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T00:43:59","slug":"small-plane-collides-with-citic-tower-beijings-tallest-skyscraper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/06\/27\/small-plane-collides-with-citic-tower-beijings-tallest-skyscraper\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Plane Collides with CITIC Tower, Beijing\u2019s Tallest Skyscraper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plane Crashes Into Tallest Skyscraper in Beijing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A small plane crashed into the CITIC Tower, the tallest building in Beijing, on Friday evening, leading to a massive emergency response, according to reports. Authorities quickly imposed an information blackout on the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Videos and photos shared online show the aircraft crashing into the 108-story tower, leaving a large hole. First responders, including police and fire crews, rushed to the site, blocking access to witnesses and trying to maintain order in the area.<\/p>\n<p>An eyewitness reported seeing debris from the plane near the base of the tower, as fire trucks battled smoke coming from the building. The crash also triggered fire alarms inside the skyscraper.<\/p>\n<p>Flight tracking data identified the aircraft as a Sunward SA 60L Aurora, which had taken off from about 30 miles east of Beijing. It crashed shortly before 6 p.m. local time, though details about its flight path remain incomplete.<\/p>\n<p>Despite strict internet controls in China, images and videos of the crash were shared widely on social media. However, many posts were quickly removed by censors. <\/p>\n<p>As of now, there has been no official statement from the government or state-run media regarding the crash. The identity of the pilot and the number of casualties are still unknown. The White House also has not commented on the situation.<\/p>\n<p>This story is still developing, and updates will be provided as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plane Crashes Into Tallest Skyscraper in Beijing A small plane crashed into the CITIC Tower, the tallest building in Beijing, on Friday evening, leading to a massive emergency response, according to reports. Authorities quickly imposed an information blackout on the incident. Videos and photos shared online show the aircraft crashing into the 108-story tower, leaving<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[310,26526,4663,9406,4091],"class_list":["post-35758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-news","tag-airlines","tag-associated-press","tag-hong-kong","tag-organization","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}