The London-bound aircraft, Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner operating as Flight AI171, crashed into a residential area shortly after take-off, killing all but one of the 242 passengers and crew members, a 40-year-old British man. Doctors say 270 bodies have been recovered from the site of Thursday’s plane crash in Ahmedabad.
Amidst these updates, a video is being widely shared on social media platforms, that claims to be CCTV footage from the site of the plane crash. During the investigation, we found that the video predates the airplane crash and is unrelated to the accident.
Claim:
X user Robin Varghese shared the video on his profile with the misleading claim.
Other users are also sharing the same video with a similar claim.
Investigation:
We started our investigation by uploading the video to the InVid tool and running a reverse image search on the keyframes obtained from the same.
We found this video posted on the X handle of @qudsn.
The caption said (translation): Footage documenting the occupation’s bombing of Sheikh Ragheb Harb Hospital in the town of Toul during the aggression on Lebanon.
We did a keyword search and also found the video uploaded on the Facebook page of the hospital mentioned in the above post.
The caption of the post said: Arad al-Kiyan al-Majrim to destroy people’s hope for healing, because the legendary al-Samud of the Angel of Mercy in the hospital of Sheikh Ragheb Harb, may God bless him and grant him peace.
Conclusion: Old video from Lebanon is being linked to the recent Air India crash in Ahmedabad. The viral claim is misleading.
