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Ahmedabad Aeroplane crash footage
Publisher’s rating: false
Related reporting identifies Aryan Asari as the teenager who accidentally filmed the Air India flight that crashed shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025. The report says his recording was the only video of the crash.
उत्तराखंड : केदारनाथ में हेलिकॉप्टर क्रैश का वीडियो
Publisher’s rating: भ्रामक
The review says the shared image was not from the fatal Gaurikund-area crash; it showed an air-ambulance helicopter damaged during an emergency landing in Kedarnath. It reports that the pilot was safe and no one was injured in that landing.
A video of a young girl refusing to let her father leave her, as he was about to board the plane that crashed on 12 June 2025 at Ahmedabad International Airport.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
A major plane crash in Ahmedabad, 242 passengers were on board, robbery took place on the plane
Publisher’s rating: false
Qoraalkan Facebook ee wata sawir lagu sheegay inuu muujinayo burburka diyaarad 12-kii June 2025 ku dhacday dalka Hindiya
Publisher’s rating: Missing Context
Will a Major Earthquake Strike Japan in July 2025?
Publisher’s rating: No Evidence
2025年7月に日本で大地震が起きる?
Publisher’s rating: 根拠不明
The viral video showing a multi-storey building on fire is from the recent library fire at a college in Delhi, where thousands of people reportedly died.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The video shows a hotel under construction in Alanya, Turkey, on 27 January 2025—not the Delhi college library fire. The Delhi fire occurred on 15 May 2025, and no injuries were reported.
Unfortunately, I have to share this recreation of the Air India crash that I found on Instagram
Publisher’s rating: false
इस्राइल के हाइफा में बड़ा विस्फोट और आग
Publisher’s rating: भ्रामक
This video showing a pilot inviting his mother on board and making an emotional announcement is from the Air India Flight AI-171 that crashed in Ahmedabad.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review says the video features pilot Aswath Pushpan and was uploaded on 15 March 2025, before the Ahmedabad crash on 12 June 2025. It identifies the crashed flight’s pilots as Captain Sumeet Sabharwal and First Officer Clive Kundar, and concludes the video is unrelated to the incident.
The video shows the helicopter that crashed in Gaurikund, Uttarakhand, on 15 June 2025, resulting in the death of all passengers on board.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The video does not show the helicopter involved in the Gaurikund crash; it shows a separate AIIMS Rishikesh heli ambulance incident in Kedarnath. The ambulance helicopter crash-landed on 17 May 2025, and all three people on board survived. The review says the video predates and is unrelated to the Gaurikund crash.
12 జూన్ 2025 జరిగిన అహ్మదాబాద్ ఎయిర్ ఇండియా విమాన ప్రమాదానికి ముందు, సాంకేతిక లోపం వల్ల విమానంలో AC పని చేయకపోవడంతో ప్రయాణికులు ఇబ్బంది పడుతున్న దృశ్యాలు.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
Live visuals from inside the Ahmedabad–London Air India plane that crash-landed on 12 June 2025
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review found that the video was filmed at Hong Kong International Airport, not Ahmedabad. It cites matching airport features, surrounding roads and water, and the runway marking “25L-07R” as evidence that the video was not connected to the 12 June 2025 crash.
துரதிர்ஷ்டவசமாக, இன்ஸ்டாகிராமில் நான் கண்ட ஏர் இந்தியா விமான விபத்தின் இந்த காட்சியைப் பகிர்ந்து கொள்ள வேண்டியிருக்கிறது.
Publisher’s rating: false
The viral video showing a flight shaking violently from the cockpit and inside the cabin is from the recent Air India Ahmedabad flight crash incident.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY reports that the video was available online by 26 December 2024, before the Air India crash in Ahmedabad on 12 June 2025, so it could not be footage from that crash. The review says it could not independently verify whether the video was from the Azerbaijan Airlines crash near Aktau.
अहमदाबाद विमान हादसे की तस्वीर
Publisher’s rating: भ्रामक
விமான விபத்தின் பதபதைக்க வைக்கும் கடைசி திக் திக் நிமிடங்கள்.!!!!
Publisher’s rating: false
The video shows dead bodies of victims from the 12 June 2025 Air India crash in Ahmedabad.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
FACTLY reports that posts featuring the same footage were online in May 2025, before the 12 June 2025 crash. It says the video’s original filming time and location could not be independently verified, but the available evidence shows it predates the crash.
A plane crashes in Ahmedabad. CCTV footage from inside the hospital
Publisher’s rating: false