The U.S. laboratory read records from the black boxes of the F-16 Lt. Pil. Maciej “Slab” Krakowian aircraft. The territory Attorney's Office in Warsaw informs that "all recorders were operational and contained a evidence of method parameters of tragic flight". The data on them is to be analysed in the course of the investigation.
Illustration picture. F-16 F-16 squad aircraft Tiger Demo Team.
Information on the examination of black boxes was provided in the communication by the prosecutor Piotr Antoni Skiba, the spokesperson of the territory Attorney's Office in Warsaw. It was explained that several-day studies of all flight data recorders – alleged black boxes found at the site of the F-16 crash in Radom – were conducted in the United States in 1 of the licensed laboratories. "All recorders were functional and included a evidence of method parameters of tragic flight", the prosecutor said. It was added that the information contained therein would be analysed in the further investigation.
It was besides indicated that the survey of fighter recorders Col. Maciej “Slaba” Krakowian They were held in the presence of a Polish prosecutor from the Department of Military Affairs of the National Prosecutor's Office and an expert from the Crime laboratory of the Military Gendarmery. "In the United States, independent activities and investigation conducted by the members of the Polish State Commission for the Investigation of Aviation Accidents continued. Logistics support was provided by the Chancellery of the president of the Council of Ministers, while organizational formalities were completed with the assistance of the diplomatic services of the Republic of Poland and the Ministry of abroad Affairs" - given in the communication.
The tragedy occurred on 28 August during trials before the Air Show in Radom. The Warsaw D.A. is conducting an investigation into the involuntary causing of a plane crash. As D.A. Skib explained, 3 threads are being investigated. The first concerns a possible plane failure. The second is connected to the pilot itself – it is checked whether he made a mistake or fainted. The 3rd subject focuses on service and logistics issues.
Col Maciej “Slab” Krakowian served in the 31st Tactical Aviation Base at Poznań Krzesiny. He was the leader of the F-16 Tiger Demo Team. On 28 August the device he piloted crashed during the rehearsal before the air show Radom 2025. The pilot died at the scene.
