BEIJING, July 2 (Reuters) – The pilot killed when a plane crashed into Beijing’s tallest building last Friday was a 66-year-old man surnamed Liu, Beijing’s Chaoyang district government said on Thursday,
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The pilot who crashed a plane into Beijing’s tallest skyscraper suffered from chronic insomnia and anxiety, officials said Thursday.
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