“The viral photo shows a plane crash that occurred in the sea near Mumbai in October 2025.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 14 Oct 2025.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The photo actually depicts the Air Niugini Boeing 737-800 that landed in a lagoon off Chuuk International Airport in Micronesia on 28 September 2018. It has no connection to Mumbai or India, and no flight crash was reported in Mumbai in October.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 14 October 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 21 October 2025, 7 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0sryoYvomkF9kVyFh1VjXkbjniqFNei7CX…
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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.