Beijing crash: police search car linked to Citic Tower incident
TL;DR
Beijing investigators identified a Buick Enclave registered to Liu Junhua and had the car searched by police at Shifosi airfield after a sport aircraft struck Citic Tower, Beijing’s tallest building, in the financial district near Zhongnanhai. The aircraft, a Sunward Aurora SA60L operated by the Eastern Pioneer flying school, fell around 6pm; authorities cautioned there is no confirmed link between the vehicle or its owner and the crash, and no fatalities have been confirmed as streets remained cordoned and coverage was tightly controlled in China.
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