Pilot wrote about suicide in diary before crashing into Beijing skyscraper: authorities

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.

The crash, which happened in a downtown skyscraper district as people were leaving work around 6 p.m., raised questions about security in the Chinese capital.

The crash had killed the pilot, officially identified only by his surname Liu, and wounded 13 others.

Police cordon off the street surrounding the Citic Tower in Beijing following the crash.