Disaster before the air show. F-16 fell to the ground

On Thursday (August 28) in the evening, the F-16 accident took place at the airport in Radom. The multi -purpose plane collapsed to the ground.

On the films that were available on the web, you can see a pillar of smoke. The newspaper “Gazeta Wyborcza” writes about “Fire Kula”.

Air disaster in Radom. The pilot is dead

The editors of Remisy.pl determined that the pilot did not survive the accident.

The Minister of National Defense-Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz-as we read on the X Polish fire service is already heading to the place of the tragedy.

The flight of the machine was filmed by numerous onlookers who were near the airport to admire the exploits of the F-16 pilot. The video begins when it rushes down, and then, before it is close to the ground, tries to stabilize the flight so as not to encounter the surface of the airport. The machine did not jumper, however-for unknown reasons the pilot lost control of the F-16 and hit with impetus by one of the lanes.

Then there was a loud bang – the plane in the blink of an eye stood on fire. Thick, black smoke began to rise above him.

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The younger captain Wiktor Romanowski-spokesman for the Municipal Headquarters of the State Fire Service in Radom-in an interview with Wirtualna Polska confirmed the event and the fact that the F-16 aircraft has just been destroyed. The tragedy occurred during the exercises before the Air Show 2025-the shows were to take place on August 30-31, that is this weekend. On the official website of the Warsaw-Radom airport The heroes of Radom June 1976 The colors were changed to black and white, funeral.

Shortly after the tragedy, the head of the Ministry of National Defense spoke. “I am in place. (…) In the F-16 plane crash, the pilot of the Polish Army-an officer who always served his homeland with devotion and great courage,” he said. Kosiniak-Kamysz paid tribute to the memory of a soldier. “I make the deepest sympathy to my family and loved ones,” he added.

“This is a great loss for the Air Force and the whole Polish Army,” he concluded the entry on X.

The head of the National Security Bureau submitted condolences to close the pilot

The National Security Bureau announced on Platform X that President Karol Nawrocki is talking about the tragedy with Minister Sławomir Cenckiewicz. “It has full information about this tragic event. The exchange of information from the Ministry of National Defense is also constantly taking place,” we read.

The entry also stated that “Division general Adam Rzeczkowski goes to the scene of the incident” – it is about the director of the superiority department over the armed forces at the BBN.

In addition, Cenckiewicz “made the deepest sympathy of the pilot who died in this case” and “assured about his prayer.”