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  • 2023-01-18 (xsd:date)
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  • Misleading online posts recirculate old images following Nepal plane crash (en)
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  • Images of old plane crashes have resurfaced online with misleading context after a plane with 72 people crashed near Pokhara, Nepal. The images that have been shared online actually show plane crashes in Guam in 1997, Afghanistan in 2013 and in Nepal's capital Kathmandu in 2018. Please be alive. Nepal plane crash, two South Koreans on board. It is unclear whether they are alive or dead , reads a portion of a Korean-language article published on the website Newspic. The article features five images: a photo collage of a plane that causes a large explosion as it crashes into the ground; the tail of an aircraft with the Korean Air logo; rescuers on the scene of a crash; thick smoke billowing from a crash site; and wreckage from a crashed plane surrounded by people. The post circulated on the same day a Yeti Airlines ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop aircraft carrying 72 people crashed in the central city of Pokhara in Nepal. The incident is Nepal's deadliest crash in over 30 years. Hopes of finding any survivors are nil according to a senior local official, AFP reported. At least two South Koreans were on board the aircraft, South Korea's foreign ministry has said. Screenshot of the false Facebook post. Captured January 16, 2023. The Newspic article was shared in Facebook posts here , here , here and here . Tweets from India , Pakistan and Malaysia about the Nepal crash have also shared footage of a plane plummeting to the ground, which corresponds to the photo collage shared in the Newspic article. Google reverse and keyword searches found while two of the images show the recent crash, the rest show earlier incidents in Afghanistan, Guam and Nepal. Afghanistan airbase The photo collage and the footage of the plane plummeting to the ground corresponds to a video earlier published by British newspaper The Guardian on May 1, 2013. Footage purports to show the moment a Boeing 747 US cargo plane crashes on its ascent from Bagram airbase, Afghanistan on Monday, the report reads. The clip was also featured in a CNN report on May 2, 2013. An investigation by the US National Transportation Safety Board found a military vehicle on board the plane critically damaged two of the plane's hydraulic systems. The report says the crash footage was examined as evidence in the investigation. Below are screenshot comparisons of the photo collage in the Newspic article (left) and the video published by The Guardian (right): Screenshot comparisons of the photo collage in the Newspic article (left) and corresponding footage published by The Guardian (right) Korean Air in Guam The second image that shows the tail of an aircraft with the Korean Air logo corresponds to a file photo published by the Hankook Ilbo, a South Korean daily. The report says the image shows wreckage of Korean Air Flight 801, which crashed in Guam on August 6, 1997. South Korean TV news reports from the time -- including here and here -- include footage that matches the crash site shown in the photo. Screenshot comparison of the photo in the Newspic report (left) and the photo published by the Hankook Ilbo (right) Kathmandu airport The fifth image in the posts, which shows wreckage from a crashed plane surrounded by people, shows an earlier plane crash in Nepal. The photo was shot by a photographer for the Associated Press . Its original caption reads: Nepalese rescuers work after a passenger plane from Bangladesh crashed at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, March 12, 2018. The passenger plane carrying 71 people from Bangladesh crashed and burst into flames as it landed Monday in Kathmandu, Nepal's capital, killing dozens of people, officials said. Screenshot comparison of the fifth photo in the Newspic report (left) and the corresponding photo published by AP (right) 2023 Nepal crash The third and fourth images genuinely show the aftermath of the 2023 Nepal plane crash. An AFP journalist shot the third image at the site of the crash. The fourth image corresponds to footage taken from the crash site published here by AFP . Nepal's aviation industry is plagued by poor oversight, treacherous terrain and volatile weather that make navigating the skies challenging even for the most accomplished of pilots. (en)
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