Tag: Buildings (Structures)

China Says Pilot Who Flew Into Skyscraper Had Thoughts of Death

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The authorities in Beijing said Thursday that the pilot who flew a small plane into the city’s tallest building last week was a 66-year-old man suffering from insomnia and anxiety and who had expressed a desire to end his life in journal entries. The pilot crashed his two-seat sport aircraft into Citic Tower, the headquarters of one of China’s biggest state-owned financial conglomerates, in a busy Beijing business district last Friday during evening rush hour. In a sign of the authorities’ sensitivity over an event that raised questions about the…

China Confirms Death of Pilot Who Flew Small Plane Into Beijing’s Tallest Tower

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The Beijing authorities said on Saturday that a small aircraft had flown into the capital’s tallest building a day earlier, killing the pilot and injuring 13 others at the scene, in the first official confirmation of an event that has raised questions about the city’s security. The Chaoyang District government, which administers a large area of eastern Beijing, including where the tower is, said in a statement that a two-seat, single-engine sport aircraft “crashed into a high-rise building mid-flight” at 5:55 p.m. on Friday, near one of the city’s most…

Small Plane Crashes Into Tallest Building in Beijing

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A small aircraft flew into the tallest building in Beijing on Friday, sending huge hunks of debris and plane parts plummeting onto the streets below and prompting crowds to flee. Video shared on social media and verified by The New York Times showed debris falling from the skyscraper, as people ran to safety. The footage showed broken windows and debris, including what appeared to be the tail of a small aircraft, falling dozens of stories into the street below. The building is in the capital’s busy central business district, which…

China’s Bid to Improve Food Production? Giant Towers of Pigs.

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The first sows arrived in late September at the hulking, 26-story high-rise towering above a rural village in central China. The female pigs were whisked away dozens at a time in industrial elevators to the higher floors where the hogs would reside from insemination to maturity. This is pig farming in China, where agricultural land is scarce, food production is lagging and pork supply is a strategic imperative. Inside the hulking edifice, which resembles the monolithic housing blocks seen across China and stands as tall as the London tower that…