UAE expresses solidarity with Poland over fighter jet crash

The UAE has expressed solidarity with Poland a day after an Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed during a rehearsal for an airshow in Radom, killing the pilot.

In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) conveyed the UAE’s sincere condolences and sympathy to the family of the victim, and to the government and people of Poland over this tragedy.

In a post on social media platform X, Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz confirmed that "a Polish Army pilot died in the crash of an F-16 aircraft".

He described the victim as "an officer who always served his country with dedication and great courage. I pay tribute to his memory".

No one else was injured in the incident. 

Footage obtained by Polish media showed the F-16 performing a barrel roll aerobatic manoeuvre, and then crashing in flames as it slid on the ground.

Local media said the aircraft crashed into the runway around 1730 GMT on Friday and damaged it, and the Radom Airshow planned for the weekend has been cancelled.