An F-16 pilot was killed Thursday when his jet crashed throughout preparations for an air present in central Poland, a authorities spokesperson mentioned.
Spokesperson Adam Szłapka confirmed the dying in a social media submit. Polish information company PAP reported that the aircraft was a part of the Polish Air Power.
“Tragedy in Radom, throughout preparations for the air present, a F-16 jet crashed. Sadly, the pilot has died,” Szlapka wrote on X, including that the protection minister was heading to the positioning of the accident.
Nobody on the bottom was injured within the crash, in accordance with a press release from the Polish navy.
Movies revealed by Polish media confirmed the plane performing an acrobatic maneuver earlier than crashing onto the runway in a ball of fireplace.
“To the household and family members, I provide my deepest condolences from the underside of my coronary heart,” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on X.
Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz mentioned on social media that he was on the scene of the crash.
The crash occurred forward of the AirSHOW Radom 2025, about 60 miles south of Warsaw, which was scheduled to happen this weekend.
Different particulars weren’t instantly out there.
