{"id":1521071,"date":"2026-06-26T11:42:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?guid=24e35e92106f900ff2398e966048b1cc"},"modified":"2026-07-05T05:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T10:31:21","slug":"small-plane-crashes-into-beijings-tallest-skyscraper-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1521071","title":{"rendered":"Small plane crashes into Beijing&#8217;s tallest skyscraper"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/06\/5e568ae3f91e02225cd60413ae129998.jpg\" alt\/><figcaption>China's national flag flutters in the wind next to the CITIC tower on May 12, 2026 in Beijing, China. (Maxim Shemetov Pool\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>(BEIJING) -- A small aircraft crashed into Beijing's tallest skyscraper before falling down in front of the building, according to eyewitnesses who spoke with Reuters and the Associated Press.<\/p><p>Videos taken by people near the Citic Tower appeared to show the plane striking a high floor before it spun downward and crashed to the ground in front of the tower's entrance.<\/p><p>Photos showed what appeared to be a hole or broken glass on one side of the building.<\/p><p>Authorities have yet to address the incident. Videos, images and search results of the crash are actively being scrubbed from the Chinese internet.&nbsp;<\/p><p><em>This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/em><\/p><p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China&#8217;s national flag flutters in the wind next to the CITIC tower on May 12, 2026 in Beijing, China. (Maxim Shemetov Pool\/Getty Images)(BEIJING) &#8212; A small aircraft crashed into Beijing&#8217;s tallest skyscraper before falling down in front of the building&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8866,"featured_media":1521076,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-06-26\/G_chinaskyscraper_062626.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1504],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1521071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abc-world-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-07 13:58:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-06-26\/G_chinaskyscraper_062626.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8866"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1521071"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1521224,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521071\/revisions\/1521224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1521076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1521071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1521071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1521071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}