“Video of an Indian soldier who lost his life because of a parachute failure”
What FACTLY found
The post shared an old video of Flight Lieutenant Abhilash, who managed to eject safely from the Indian Air Force Mirage 2000 aircraft before a crash at a village in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhind district in October 2021. Indian Air Force in a statement said that the Mirage 2000 aircraft crashed because of a technical malfunction and informed that the pilot had ejected safely before the crash
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 12 March 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 13 March 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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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.