Originally published at: https://avweb.com/aviation-news/chinese-authority-beijing-crash-deliberate/
The 66-year-old pilot was killed and 13 people were injured when an Aurora SA60L hit Beijing’s tallest skyscraper.
As the TWA Connie - UA DC 7 1956 Grand Canyon accident changed airspace control and the Southwest 182 - Cessna collision resulted in modern this airspace restrictions, this collision could have new responses. Thankfully virtually all US pilots are mostly not too crazy!
“Thankfully virtually all US pilots are mostly not too crazy!”
Art, are you kidding? Have you read the comments on this forum?
Have a safe and sane July 4th weekend. Happy Birthday, America!
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You mentioned a 70 year-old incident and one other, and then said something that makes no sense. What are you trying to say?
How can such individuals be spotted in advance?
Suicide is common.
Some people want to take others with them, that individual may have simply been making a statement of some kind with airplane (note he chose the tallest building).
Can happen here. Hopefully authorities are better prepared than they were when a small airplane blundered into the no-fly zone around BFI when Air Force One was parked there for POTUS visit to Seattle. Fighters were scrambled from Oregon, not from McChord nor closer Whidbey in WA. (The Darwin Candidate was following a normal course to somewhere - I forget, SEA is close - hadn’t read NOTAM or …)
Sorry, old timer here. The 1956 midair was the force behind the creation of the FAA. The 1978 midair was the force behind the upside down wedding cake-controlled airspaces now found on our sectionals. Airspace is not unhindered and General Aviation could be as restricted as China has now chosen for itself.
This case was a suicide.
As were the Islamic martyr/kamikaze terrorists who attacked buildings in the US on September 11, 2001.
Good point. Specifically, yours.
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