Teacher Tutu posted that the involved aircraft once approached a Hainan Airlines 330 passenger jet heading to Capital Airport, which triggered a TCAS warning and climbed to evade.
CITIC Wealth Management published an exclusive interview with Liu Junhua, General Manager of the Special Account Investment Division. The timestamp was 1:03 PM, predating the Chaoyang District government's announcement, seemingly to prove Liu Junhua was still with the company and respond to speculation that he might be a "pilot" (a euphemism for someone who has fled).
A Bilibili aviation blogger relayed an industry insider’s tip, stating that the pilot was a male tech company head in his sixties named Liu Minghua, who, due to a romantic dispute, embezzled public funds and suffered a mental breakdown, leading him to commit suicide by jumping off a building, attempting to downplay the political color of the incident.
Aviation blogger Tutu Laoshi posted a video stating that the pilot involved is another male around 60 years old, and the incident is related to personal romantic relationships.
The glass curtain wall on the 83rd floor of CITIC Tower in Beijing was breached, causing a fire. Rumors online suggest the aircraft involved may have turned off its transponder and deviated from its course. Building employees were urgently evacuated, and related news was heavily scrubbed on social media.
A single-engine, two-seat light sport aircraft collided with a high-rise building near the East Third Ring Road in Chaoyang District, Beijing, killing the pilot and injuring 13 people on site, sparking widespread attention and speculation about air defense safety.
On the evening of June 26, a sudden incident occurred at Beijing CITIC Tower (China Zun), where a small aircraft struck the building, causing a fire.
Financial Times reporter at the takeoff site Shifo Temple Airport witnessed police searching a black Buick sedan and searching the flight school office, showing the authorities' level of concern over the incident.
On June 29, 2026, it was reported that following the incident in which a small aircraft struck the CITIC Tower in Beijing, the Ministry of Public Security took the lead in setting up an investigation team to supervise and screen pilots' backgrounds and motives, and general aviation and light aircraft nationwide were subsequently ordered to halt takeoffs for at least 10 days.
On the evening of June 26, 2026, reports circulated online that CITIC Tower (China Zun) in Chaoyang District, Beijing, was struck by a small aircraft; the exact cause is unknown.