“Visuals showing helicopter crash that killed CDS General Bipin Rawat”
What FACTLY found
These visuals have nothing to do with the helicopter crash that killed General Rawat. One of these viral videos is related to an incident of Indian Air Force MI-17 helicopter crash landing that happened in Arunachal Pradesh last month, while the other is related to the incident in which a government helicopter was shot down by Islamic militants in Syria last year. The image shows an Indian Army’s Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) which had made an emergency landing in Poonch, JK back in October...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 8 December 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 9 December 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/sameerkhan.91news9/videos/428336178965542/
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/sameerkhan.91news9/videos/428995958779561/
- Post on Xhttps://twitter.com/KumariPammii/status/1468493946615652353
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