Small plane crashes into Beijing's tallest building

An aircraft about the size of a car crashed into Beijing’s ​tallest building, CITIC Tower, on Friday (June 26, 2026), two bystanders told Reuters, as ‌police closed off roads around the skyscraper and ​stopped passersby from filming the scene.

The building, known ⁠as CITIC Tower or China Zun, is a 108-storey skyscraper in Beijing’s central business district. It is the headquarters of the state-owned ‌conglomerate CITIC Group.

There was a heavy police presence at the site, with some approach roads closed ‌to cars. Police prevented some people from taking pictures ‌and ⁠asked others to delete those they had taken while ⁠ushering people away from the building.