The maneuver almost goes very, very wrong.
Footage is going viral online of a fighter jet making an exceedingly low pass over terrified beach-goers during an air show in Spain.
Daily Mail reported:
“Footage circulating online shows a Spanish Air Force EF-18 Hornet fighter jet hurtling towards the sea and the beach packed full of sunbathers after executing an acrobatic stunt in the sky.
Puffs of black smoke escape from the jet as it turns upside down in the air, before swooping down to what appears to be just meters above the golden sand.”
It was a lovely summer day on San Lorenzo Beach in Asturias, Spain, when disaster almost came crashing down.
In the myriads of different videos online about the close call, people are heard to scream in panic.
“The jet was performing as part of the nineteenth edition of the Gijón Air Festival held on Sunday, July 27, over San Lorenzo Bay in Asturias, Spain.
After momentarily swooping near onlookers on the sand, the loud jet can be seen continuing its flight away from the populated beach.”
The incident had people online arguing as to whether the stunt was planned, or a result of the pilot losing control.
Eventually, Spanish Air Force informed that the F-18 ‘was forced to make a sudden evasive maneuver after encountering a flock of birds’ during the Gijón Airshow.
NEW DRAMATIC VIDEO
Watch as a Spanish Military F18 nearly crashes during an airshow in Spain this weekend.
The pilot makes a dramatic maneuver to recover the aircraft and present disaster pic.twitter.com/RhCTthvEE1
— OC Scanner (@OC_Scanner) July 28, 2025
A Spanish F/A-18 Hornet made a perilously low pass at Spain’s Gijón Airshow, flying close to spectators and the sea-triggering public debate over whether it was a rehearsed stunt or a near-disaster. pic.twitter.com/8VCYbp30UU
— The Sudan Times (@thesudantimes) July 28, 2025
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