A Polaca Air Force F16 aircraft fired during preparations for a radom air show. The pilot eventually died.
A Poland Air Force F-16 plane fired on Thursday during preparations for an air show in Radom (Center), killing the pilot, a government spokesman said.
“Radom tragedy! During preparations for the air spectacle, an F-16 fell. Unfortunately, the pilot died,” spokesman Adam Szlapka.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, who visited the site, expressed their condolences to the pilot’s family.
According to a statement from the Polish Armed Forces, the accident did not cause wounded on land. Videos published in the Polish media show the aircraft to perform an acrobatic maneuver and then uncontrollable and rise on a track and explode.
The air show in radom, about 100 kilometers south of Warsaw, is scheduled for this weekend. The Polaca Air Force had to date with 48 F-16 fighters from US manufacturing.
