This worries me - small plane crash into tallest building in Beijing.

[flying dog]

On the news.

 

Small plane crashes into a tall building.

(No, not good.)

 

But the reporter then goes on to say:

 

It is not known if anyone was in the plane.

 

I'll say that again:

 

It is not known if anyone was in the plane

 

Seriously?

 

I'd attach a video but it is 27 meg in size.

I'm not sure of size limits here.

 

Oh, the clip I have - as there are squillions now on the net - if C/O Ch 7.

Who really know aviation terms.   

 

[facthunter]

Other than the Pilot. There might have been something lost in the translation there. Nev

[flying dog]

Here goes nothing.

 

 

[flying dog]

Here goes nothing.

 

 

[Moneybox]

39 minutes ago, flying dog said:

Here goes nothing.

 

 

I use the free app HANDBRAKE to reduce video size. Dead easy to use and no noticeable reduction in quality. 

[flying dog]

I tried Handbrake, but it didn't like the Apple original format.   😞

 

I pointed to the directory and the file (Original) wasn't shown.  🤷‍♂️

 

Further digging I was told that I could "cheat" and run  quick command to "convert" the MOV to MP4 and so did that.

 

Sorry folks for the big size and not deleting the original failed attempt.
I thought I deleted it and posted the new version in that post, but - obviously - that didn't happen.

 

[Moneybox]

If there was nobody onboard perhaps pilot failed to use HANDBRAKE?

[onetrack]

It's going to worry the Chinese Govt a whole lot more. The aircraft was a two-seat Sunward SA 60L Aurora, rego B-12PP, and it was piloted. The building is identified as "the CITIC building, and CITIC is one of China's biggest corporations.

 

The pilot appears to have been one Liu Junhua, a managerial-level employee of China CITIC Bank. The pilot was killed and 13 people inside the building are reported as being injured.

 

I'd have to opine it's a classic case of a disgruntled employee taking out a suicide "revenge", for some kind of perceived company mistreatment, along the lines of the Connellan Airways murderer in Alice Springs in 1977.

 

https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/small-plane-crashes-into-beijing-s-tallest-building-20260626-p60aj9.html