A plane crashed into tallest skyscraper in Beijing.Hours later,all news scrubbed (cnn.com)

Title is editorialized to meet HN length limit, full title: A small plane slammed into the tallest skyscraper in China’s capital. Hours later, it was like nothing had happened.

And yet:

CNN (2 points, 2 days ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48687267

DailyMail (12 points, 1 day ago, 5 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48691375

WaPo (3 points, 1 second ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48691738

BBC (5 points, 21 hours ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48695798

YouTube-eh (4 points) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48696289

this copy CNN-repub (5 points, 15 hours ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48697965

no video, never happened

China Confirms Death of Pilot Who Flew Small Plane Into Beijing’s Tallest Tower

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/world/asia/china-pilot-di...