“Video showing the last moments of ATR 72 domestic aircraft that crashed at the Pokhara International Airport in Nepal”
Social media posts
Claim dated 16 Jan 2023.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The video shared in the post shows the moments before the crash of Russia’s military transport aircraft prototype outside Moscow city in August 2021. The video shared in the post is old and has nothing to do with the recent ATR 72 aircraft crash at the Pokhara International Airport in Nepal
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 16 January 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 17 January 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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