A light sport aircraft crashed into Citic Tower, Beijing's tallest skyscraper, on Friday. The pilot, who was the only person on board, was killed in the impact, and thirteen people on the ground were injured.

The aircraft was a small plane that hit the building near the East Third Ring Road, creating a visible hole on the tower's eastern face. Flight schools across China were subsequently told to suspend training and undergo safety inspections.

According to the South China Morning Post, there were no passengers on board the plane. The Economic Times reported that the pilot was 66 years old and had mental‑health issues, having written about suicide in his diary. The New York Times noted the hole on the eastern face of Citic Tower after the crash.