China Confirms Pilot’s Fatal Crash Into High-Rise Was Deliberate, Cites Personal Struggles
China's officials announced yesterday that 66-year-old pilot, whose surname is Liu, deliberately crashed his private plane into the highest building in Beijing on Friday, due to "personal reasons," while suffering from chronic insomnia and anxiety. The plane crash occurred in CITIC Tower – 109 story skyscraper and resulted in the death of the pilot Liu, injuring 13 other people and caused huge online censorship of all videos and memes connected to the case, as the tower is located close to headquarters of the Communist Party. The investigations showed that pilot, who was divorced man and worked freelance, having in his diary suicidal statements, changed the course of his flight in a Chinese Aurora SA60L light aircraft. headline s and hashtags for this








