Event: Beijing

The damaged exterior of CITIC Tower in Beijing on Friday | REUTERS Beijing – A small plane appeared to have crashed into Beijing’s tallest building on Friday, with witnesses reporting plane debris at the skyscraper’s base and journalists seeing a hole in the building’s upper floors.Video footage taken by a witness from a nearby building showed fire trucks blasting water at small flames on an outcropping near ground at the 528-meter CITIC Tower, as well as on the pavement.The images also showed what appeared to be part of a small plane on the ground beside the building. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.By subscribing, you can help us get the story right. SUBSCRIBE NOW

Warning: Viewers may find the footage distressingVideo shows the moment debris from a small aircraft fell to the ground after a crash into Beijing's tallest skyscraper.Eyewitnesses told Reuters news agency that an aircraft the size of a car crashed into the CITIC Tower, also known as China Zun, on Friday.Social media footage captured from a building nearby showed what appeared to be a small plane on the ground. Firefighters were also seen extinguishing a fire in the tower.CITIC Tower is a 108-storey skyscraper in Beijing's central business district and the headquarters of the state-owned conglomerate CITIC Group, one of China's largest.It is not known if there were any casualties and there has been no immediate comment from authorities about the incident.