With only a split second before his plane hit the ground in giant ball of flame, this air force pilot miraculously managed to eject to safety.
As Captain Brian Bews, 36, of the Royal Canadian Air Force performed a daring low pass of an airfield on Friday, his CF-18 fighter jet suddenly stalled.
But his quick reactions and his rocket-powered ejector seat saved his life as he was catapulted out of the stricken £30 million aircraft.
The extraordinary crash was captured on camera during an afternoon practice session for an air show at the Lethbridge County Airport, near Alberta in Canada.
Captain Bews was taken to hospital, where he remains this weekend after landing hard and getting dragged across the runway by his parachute.
"He's in the hospital," his sister-in-law, Heather Bews, said.
"His ego's hurting pretty bad, but we don't even care. We don't care about the plane, the show... we just care about him." - Daily Mail