“Visuals of China’s ‘Long March 5B’ rocket debris falling into the Indian Ocean”
Social media posts
Claim dated 9 May 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
While the first two videos show the old visuals of SpaceX rocket crashes, the last video shows a meteor crashing into a beach in Australia. These videos are old and have nothing to do with China’s ‘Long March 5B’ rocket crash in the Indian Ocean.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 May 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 14 May 2021, 5 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/231270994227333/videos/1052071585316802
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/www.unisa.ac.za/videos/10215978337366312
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/sciencelover2/videos/4099904060099918
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