“Photo showing the wreckage of the crashed Tara Air’s 9 NAET twin-engine aircraft in Nepal”
Social media posts
Claim dated 29 May 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The photo shared in the post shows the remains of the crashed IAF chopper that killed Indian Former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Bipin Rawat in December 2021. The crash took place near Coonor hill station in Tamil Nadu. The photo has nothing to do with the recent aircraft crash in Nepal
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 29 May 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 30 May 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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