An aircraft crashed into Beijing‘s tallest skyscraper on Friday afternoon, triggering emergency evacuations.
The China Zun skyscraper is one of the top 10 tallest buildings in the world, measuring 528m (1,732ft).
Dramatic footage circulating on social media showed debris falling from the 109-story tower, as well as a tail section of the plane and a broken window of a taxicab on the ground.
Photographs show two smashed windows in the side of the building, which is located in the capital’s busy central business district, Chaoyang.
People were seen evacuating from the skyscraper as fire engines, dozens of police cars and an ambulance arrived at the scene.
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