“Birds and Airplanes cannot fly over Kaaba in Mecca”
What FACTLY found
Birds and Airplanes can fly over Kaaba in Mecca. There is a ban on flights over Kaaba due to religious reasons and not any scientific reasons. The ban on flying over Mecca is to not disturb the pilgrims and to respect the holy place. Helicopters do hover around Mecca to monitor the safety of pilgrims. Kaaba is located near the centre of the Grand Mosque in Mecca and is considered a sacred place on earth by Muslims. Earth is an irregularly shaped ellipsoid, and Kaaba is just a point on the cir...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 28 June 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 11 July 2022, 13 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/rashid.mansuri.9235199/posts/pfbid0xjNvJjFxMQHL6fjDuPf4rjh71eHbS…
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.