The pilot of a CF-18 fighter jet ejects before it crashes during a practice flight for this weekend's Alberta International AirShow in Lethbridge, Alta., at the Lethbridge County Airport. (Ian Martens/Ian Martens/Lethbridge Herald/The Canadian Press)
The pilot of a CF-18 fighter jet ejects before it crashes during a practice flight for this weekend's Alberta International AirShow in Lethbridge, Alta., at the Lethbridge County Airport. (Ian Martens/Ian Martens/Lethbridge Herald/The Canadian Press)
A CF-18 fighter jet explodes as it crashes during a practice flight for this weekend's Alberta International AirShow in Lethbridge, Alta., at the Lethbridge County Airport. The pilot ejected before impact. (Ian Martens/Ian Martens/Lethbridge Herald/The Canadian Press)
A CF-18 fighter jet burns on the ground after it crashed during a practice flight for this weekend's Alberta International AirShow in Lethbridge, Alta., at the Lethbridge County Airport. The pilot ejected before impact. (Ian Martens/Ian Martens/Lethbridge Herald/The Canadian Press)
A CF-18 fighter jet burns on the ground after it crashed during a practice flight for this weekend's Alberta International AirShow in Lethbridge, Alta., at the Lethbridge County Airport. The pilot ejected before impact. (Ian Martens/Ian Martens/Lethbridge Herald/The Canadian Press)
CF-18 pilot Captain Brian Bews in a 2007 photo taken in Edmonton. He ejected before the crash and is recovering in hospital. (DAN RIEDLHUBER/Dan Riedlhuber/Reuters)