“Photo of a flooded Ahmedabad International Airport”
Social media posts
Claim dated 1 Aug 2023.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
This photo was filmed in the Chennai airport during the 2015 floods. In 2017, the same photo was falsely shared as that of the Ahmedabad airport, for which PTI fired its photographer who misquoted it.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 August 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 3 August 2023, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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