“One of the new Rafale fighter jets owned by India crashed during the training session”
Social media posts
Claim dated 11 Sep 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
Photos in the post show the debris of IAF Mirage 2000 fighter jet that crashed on ’01 February 2019’ near HAL airport in Bengaluru. These photos have nothing to do with the new Rafale fighter jets inducted recently by the Government of India
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 11 September 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 12 September 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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