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China says pilot crashed small plane into skyscraper for 'personal reasons'
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- Figure caption, Watch: Debris falls after plane hits Beijing's tallest building.
- The crash had killed the pilot, officially identified only by his surname Liu, and wounded 13 others.
- Liu, a 66-year-old Beijing resident, was a divorced freelancer who lived alone, the Chaoyang district said in a statement, adding Liu's diary contained "multiple expressions of ending his life".
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Figure caption, Watch: Debris falls after plane hits Beijing's tallest building. The pilot who crashed his small plane into Beijing's tallest skyscraper last week was suffering from from "chronic insomnia and anxiety" and did so for "personal reasons", authorities said Thursday.
The crash had killed the pilot, officially identified only by his surname Liu, and wounded 13 others.
Liu, a 66-year-old Beijing resident, was a divorced freelancer who lived alone, the Chaoyang district said in a statement, adding Liu's diary contained "multiple expressions of ending his life".
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