Air India’s Boeing plane has crashed in Ahmedabad. It had 242 passengers on board, including former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. Many fake videos and photos are going viral on social media claiming this plane crash. Know their truth in Bhaskar Fact Check… Viral video In this video, it can be seen that a boy on board the plane is recording the video. While recording the video, the plane crashes after some time. It is being claimed that this video is of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad. Truth of the video… On reverse searching the key frames of the video, we found many media reports related to it. Link to the news… According to media reports, this video of January 15, 2023 is of the Yeti Airlines plane crash in Pokhara, Nepal. 68 people were killed in this accident. The video of this accident was live streamed on Facebook by a youth named Sonu Jaiswal (30) from Uttar Pradesh. 5 Indians died in the Nepal plane crash. It is clear that the claim being made with the video is completely false. Viral photo A photo is also going viral in the name of Gujarat Air India plane crash. In this photo, a damaged piece of Air India plane is visible. Sharing the photo, a user wrote – Air India plane crashed during take off in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, in which 238 passengers were on board. The accident happened due to the collision of the rear part of the plane, three fire engines have reached the spot. (Archive) Truth of viral photo… To know the truth of the viral photo, we reverse searched it. On searching, we found this photo in many media reports including the website of Business Standard. Link to the news… According to media reports, this photo of August 2020 is of the Air India plane crash that took place at Kozhikode Airport in Kerala. Actually, the Air India Express plane coming from Dubai, which had 190 people on board, slipped from the tabletop runway during landing amid heavy rain. 18 people died and 85 were injured in this accident. It is clear that the claim being made with this photo is also completely false. ———————————– Ahmedabad plane crash in 25 PHOTOS: Bodies scattered on the roads, difficult to identify; people praying in the temple for the safety of their loved ones An Air India plane has crashed in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. More than 100 people are reported to have died. The explosion was so horrific that bodies are scattered on the nearby roads. It is difficult to even identify the burnt bodies. People are praying in the temple for the safety of their loved ones. See the entire incident in the following 25 photos… Link to the news ———————————– Read other news of Bhaskar Fact Check… Fake news exposed: Has Saudi Arabia banned visas for 14 countries including India; know the truth Saudi Arabia has banned visas for 14 countries including India. This claim is being made on social media. A screenshot of the news is also being shared to prove this claim. Saudi Arabia will impose visa ban on 14 countries including India. Read the full news…
