China: Pilot in Tower Crash Acted for 'Personal Reasons'
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July 2, 2026
Chinese officials have now named the pilot who slammed a small plane into Beijing's tallest skyscraper last week, and they say the motive was personal, not political. On Thursday, authorities in the city's Chaoyang district identified the dead pilot as a 66-year-old Beijing native surnamed Liu and said he'd veered...
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