Local media said they had seen no sign of the pilot ejecting before the jet exploded.

By Josh White, Max Parry, News Reporter

19:06, Thu, Aug 28, 2025 Updated: 20:00, Thu, Aug 28, 2025

Video showing explosion

Video showing explosion (Image: X/@D3cuuu)

An F16 crashed to the ground in a ball of fire in front of horrified spectators, who could be heard screaming and seen holding their heads in their hands. Poland's Radom Air Show was the site of the incident. Two pilots died in a previous incident at the show in 2007.

Polish reporter Dawid Owczarek was quoted as saying: "An F-16 aircraft from the Tiger Demo team nosedived over the runway, failed to recover, and instead hit the ground. It immediately burst into flames. Firefighters are on the scene."

The horrific accident occurred at around 7.25 pm local time today. Firefighters rushed to the scene in Radom after the aircraft arrowed into the ground.

"A tragic evening for the Polish Air Force, the crash of an F-16 aircraft. I just spoke with Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, the Minister of Defense, who is traveling to Radom. (...) The pilot did not survive," Polish Minister of Special Services, Tomasz Siemoniak, told TVN24.

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