A small aircraft crashed into the tallest building in Beijing on Friday, according to social media videos and news reports. Social media videos show debris falling from CITIC Tower, also known as China Zun, a 109-story building in the Chinese capital’s business district.

BEIJING, June 26 (Reuters) - An aircraft about the size of a car crashed into Beijing's tallest building, CITIC Tower, on Friday, two bystanders told Reuters, as police closed off roads around the skyscraper and stopped passersby from filming the scene.

A small plane crash in China’s capital exposed major gaps in the country’s airspace controls, analysts said, as the government tried to limit public discussion of the incident.

The local authorities acknowledged the plane crash that hit Beijing's tallest building Friday, saying the pilot died and 13 people were injured.

RNLI lifeboat crews and a HM Coastguard helicopter rushed to the scene on Friday evening following a Mayday call from a light aircraft carrying two people.

A small plane crashed into the Santa Clara Riverbed in Santa Paula on Saturday afternoon, sending the aircraft's pilot to the hospital with minor injuries, according to Ventura County firefighters.