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BEIJING, June 27 (Reuters) – A light aircraft crash into Beijing’s tallest building on Friday killed \u200bthe pilot and injured 13 people who were not on \u200cboard, the local government said following the unusual accident for the Chinese capital, where airspace is heavily restricted.<\/div>\n
Those injured are receiving medical treatment and authorities are \u200binvestigating the incident, Chaoyang district government said in a statement \u200bon Saturday.<\/div>\n
“A single-engine, two-seat light sport aircraft collided with \u2060a high-rise building while flying near the East third ring road \u200bin Chaoyang, at 5:55 p.m. (0955 GMT) on June 26,” said the \u200bstatement, which was posted on social media.<\/div>\n
“There was only one person on board, the pilot, who died,” the statement added, without giving any further details of \u200bthe possible cause of the crash.<\/div>\n
Damage to the facade of the \u200bskyscraper appeared to be limited to a hole caused by the loss of \u200ctwo \u2060large glass panels. The gap had been temporarily boarded up as of Saturday.<\/div>\n
Reuters reported on Friday the crash into the 528-metre-high building, known as CITIC Tower or China Zun, in Beijing’s Central Business \u200bDistrict. It is about \u200b6 km (3.7 \u2060miles) from the Forbidden City visited by thousands of tourists each day.<\/div>\n
It is also near Zhongnanhai, a \u200bcompound that houses the offices of China’s top \u200bpolitical leadership.<\/div>\n
The \u2060incident follows Beijing’s ban since May on buying, renting or flying drones without authorization, due to public security concerns.<\/div>\n
The last aircraft crash in \u2060Beijing \u200bwas in 2022, when a tourist helicopter \u200bcrashed during a flight between the Changping and Fangshan districts, killing the two pilots \u200bon board.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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