Plane crashes into Beijing’s tallest skyscraper the China Zun with wreckage plummeting to the bottom | News World

A plane has crashed into Beijing’s famous CITIC Tower skyscraper, also generally known as the China Zun.

The small aircraft broke into pieces, plummeting to the bottom after hitting town’s tallest constructing, which stands at 109-storeys.

It appears from footage on social media that the skyscraper is basically undamaged, with two windows smashed on impact.

Police arrived on the scene and evacuated the constructing ahead of the crash, which happened around 6pm local time.

The whole tail of the plane, identified by local outlets as a B-12PP, was found lying on the road.

Smoke might be seen rising from the bottom where parts of the aircraft sat smouldering.

It’s not currently clear if there are any casualties, with the pilot reportedly flying solo. The reason for the crash can be unknown.

The plane reportedly deviated from the flight path, in keeping with Global.hk, after taking off from Shifosi Airport half an hour earlier.

It was resulting from turn around and return to the airport for five.45pm, but flight monitoring lost tracking signal around Beijing’s East Fifth Ring Road.

After this, the aircraft was unable to be reached and moments later crashed into the skyscraper.

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