{"id":1286478,"date":"2025-08-28T22:58:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T19:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/f-16-fighter-jet-crashes-in-poland-during-air-show-rehearsal-pilot-dies-on-the-spot\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T05:27:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T02:27:59","slug":"f-16-fighter-jet-crashes-in-poland-during-air-show-rehearsal-pilot-dies-on-the-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/f-16-fighter-jet-crashes-in-poland-during-air-show-rehearsal-pilot-dies-on-the-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"F-16 Crashes in Poland During Air Show Rehearsal, Pilot Killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>An F-16 fighter jet crashed in Radom, Poland, during preparations for an international air show, killing experienced pilot Maciej Krakowian, leader of the Tiger Demo Team. This marks the first F-16 accident in the history of the Polish Air Force.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polskieradio.pl\/399\/7977\/Artykul\/3571616,Katastrofa-lotnicza-przed-pokazami-Air-Show-w-Radomiu-Pilot-nie-zyje\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Polskieradio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"90\" data-end=\"318\">According to the municipal headquarters of the State Fire Service in Radom, the crash was reported at 19:27. Emergency services quickly arrived at the scene. Preliminary reports indicate that the plane crashed onto the runway.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"320\" data-end=\"586\">Poland&#8217;s Minister-Coordinator of Special Services, Tomasz Siemoniak, confirmed that the pilot had died, calling the incident <strong data-start=\"445\" data-end=\"479\">&#8220;an extremely dramatic moment&#8221;<\/strong> for the Polish Air Force, as it was the first F-16 crash since the aircraft was introduced into service.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"588\" data-end=\"910\">Journalists reported that the victim was a well-known Polish pilot, <strong data-start=\"656\" data-end=\"676\">Maciej Krakowian<\/strong>, an instructor and demonstrator of the F-16&#8217;s combat capabilities. He led the <strong data-start=\"755\" data-end=\"774\">Tiger Demo Team<\/strong>, famous for its performances at international air shows. Eyewitnesses said Krakowian did not have time to eject and died on the spot.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"912\" data-end=\"1212\">The causes of the accident are currently being investigated by special commissions. A large-scale air show had been scheduled at Radom Airport on August 30\u201331, featuring aerobatics, military maneuvers, and technical demonstrations. Following the tragedy, the organizers decided to cancel the event.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"pl\">During exercises before the Air Show in Radomiu, the F-16 r\u00f3\u017cni\u0142 si\u0119. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GhusSRlX5T\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/GhusSRlX5T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Remiza.pl (@remizacompl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/remizacompl\/status\/1961123239024877821?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">&#8230;&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/radom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#radom<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/airshow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#airshow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MS2kY0CNOw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/MS2kY0CNOw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jakub (@markone1502) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markone1502\/status\/1961123078022275386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Also, follow <strong>\u201cPryamyi\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An F-16 fighter jet crashed in Radom, Poland, during preparations for an international air show, killing experienced pilot Maciej Krakowian, leader of the Tiger Demo Team. This marks the first F-16 accident in the history of the Polish Air Force. This is reported by Polskieradio. According to the municipal headquarters of the State Fire Service [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1286487,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76873,76875,76871,76872],"class_list":["post-1286478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-other-news","category-news-2","category-news-feed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1286478"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1286489,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286478\/revisions\/1286489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1286487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1286478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1286478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}