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A tower crash in Beijing has triggered fresh questions about the Chinese capital's air security regime, after Financial Times research identified the owner of a vehicle under investigation at a flight school connected to the incident.
The case has drawn scrutiny to oversight gaps in low-altitude aviation, a sector that regulators worldwide are still scrambling to govern as small aircraft and training operations proliferate.
What Air Security Means — and Why This Case Matters Air security, in its broadest sense, covers the chain of controls meant to prevent unauthorized or unsafe flight operations near populated or sensitive areas.
In Beijing, that framework carries particular weight: the city sits at the center of one of the world's most tightly controlled airspaces, given its political and symbolic significance.
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