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  • 2019-03-11 (xsd:date)
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  • No, this video does not show the moment the Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed near Addis Ababa in March 2019 (en)
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  • A video which has been viewed thousands of times on Facebook purports to show the moment a Boeing 737 MAX 8 Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed near Addis Ababa on Sunday, March 10, 2019, killing 157 people on board. But the video is old; it actually shows the moment a US cargo plane crashed near Bagram airfield in Afghanistan in 2013. The video , which has been viewed more than 5,400 times and shared more than 460 times, was posted on Facebook on March 11, 2019 to a page entitled Gist String. The page has more than 5,000 followers. The accompanying caption says in English: Moments before Ethiopia plane crash as seen by an eye witness. May they find rest and their families and friends find comfort. #Tragic #Africa #EthiopianAirLine #Nairobi #PlaneCrash #Kenya #Nigeria #Canada. Below is a snapshot of the misleading post: A screenshot of the misleading Facebook post The video has been viewed thousands more times on Facebook here , and here . It also received more than 2,600 views on Twitter here . Here is the AFP story about the Ethiopian Airlines crash on March 10, 2019. Here is a tweet from Ethiopian Airlines confirming the accident. A Google reverse image search for a screenshot of the footage reveals multiple results for a US cargo plane crash near Bagram airfield in Afghanistan on April 29, 2013. This is a video report on the Guardian website about the crash, published on May 1, 2013. In the clip, which shows a wider frame than the misleading clip shared on Facebook, a barbed wire fence can be seen on the right-hand side of the road. Here is a screenshot of the clip with the barbed wire fence circled in red: This is a screenshot of the video on the Guardian website This is consistent with other photos of the airbase from media reports, such as this report by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Here is a screenshot of a photo of the air base by photographer Spencer Platt on the website for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A screenshot of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution web page Here is another report about the crash on the CNN website, dated May 2, 2013. Both reports indicated the footage was captured on a motorist’s dashcam, but did not provide the name of the motorist. Seven crew were killed in the crash, the BBC reported . Here is a link to the National Transportation Safety Board report on the crash, published on September 14, 2015. Commenting on the video, the report states: A dashboard camera from a moving ground vehicle captured video images of the airplane after rotation that showed it in a steep climb with a high pitch attitude before it reached its highest point and entered a roll to the right. At the time of the airplane’s right roll, the camera captured audio similar to engine thrust noise. The images showed that the airplane then began a rapid descent as it rolled back to the left then struck the ground in a nose-down and nearly wings-level attitude. CORRECTION: The first paragraph of this article was corrected on March 11, 2019 to say that the Boeing plane which crashed in Ethiopia was a 737 MAX 8 plane. (en)
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