“Visuals of an aircraft crash event that was carrying Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.”
What FACTLY found
The visuals in the video show the incident on 02 September 2024, when a MiG-29 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Barmer, Rajasthan, during a routine training mission. The flight was owned by the Indian Air Force, and the crash was caused by a technical snag. The pilot ejected safely. The visuals have nothing to do with Syria. Though there have been unconfirmed reports about a flight from Syria disappearing from the radar, there is no definitive information whether Bashar al...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 8 December 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 11 December 2024, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/jenny.ingram.562/posts/2645363038996558/?rdid=rYhhhwBrgEGPJgwS
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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.