LONDON, Aug 29 — A pilot was killed on Thursday when an F-16 fighter jet crashed in central Poland, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported, citing local media reports.
The Polish F-16 fighter jet crashed during a training flight before the 2025 Radom International Air Show, TVP World reported, citing officials.
The accident, the first F-16 jet crash in the country’s aviation history, took place at around 7.25pm local time (1725GMT) during a training flight of the Polish Air Force’s F-16 Tiger Demo aerial display team.
The pilot was killed, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, who travelled to the scene and briefed Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
“I am at the scene of the tragedy. In the F-16 plane crash, a pilot of the Polish Army lost his life … this is a great loss for the Air Force and the entire Polish Army,” Kosiniak-Kamysz said on United States (US) social media company X.
The Radom International Air Show, scheduled from Aug 30-31, has been cancelled due to the crash, according to reports. – Anadolu News Agency
