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  • 2022-10-25 (xsd:date)
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  • Old Indonesian plane crash photos misrepresented as fatal disaster in 2022 (en)
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  • Photos of a crashed plane and a woman praying have been misleadingly shared in Bangladeshi social media posts in October 2022 alongside a caption that says 178 people had been killed in a plane crash in Indonesia. While the three photos were taken in Indonesia, they do not show a recent accident. The two images of the crashed jet are from a 2013 incident, which caused no fatalities; while the picture of the praying woman was from 2018, when an Indonesian jet crashed into the sea, killing more than 180 people on board. The three photos were shared more than 40 times after being posted on Facebook here on October 11, 2022. Their Bengali-language caption reads: 178 people were killed in a plane crash in Indonesia. May God welcome them into heaven . Amen . Two of the photos appear to show a jet with the livery of Lion Air -- an Indonesia-based budget airline -- that has crashed into the water and snapped in two. One of these photos shows the plane surrounded by boats and people walking on a wing. The third photo appears to show a woman in a hijab praying. Screenshot of the misleading Facebook post, captured on October 24, 2022 The same photos have been shared more than 200 times after they appeared elsewhere on Facebook here and here with an identical claim . However, the claim is misleading. Reverse image searches on Google found the photos used in the misleading posts were used in news reports of separate plane crashes in 2013 and 2018. First photo The first photo of the crashed Lion Air plane appeared in an Associated Press (AP) report about the air carrier's accident in the Indonesian island of Bali, republished by USA Today, an American newspaper, on April 13, 2013. Indonesian investigators on Sunday began working to determine what caused a new Lion Air passenger jet to miss a runway while landing on the resort island of Bali, crashing into the sea without causing any fatalities among the 108 on board, reads the first paragraph of the report. The photo is credited to AP, with a caption that reads: In this photo released by Indonesian Police, the wreckage of a crashed Lion Air plane sits on the water near the airport in Bali, Indonesia, on Saturday. Below is a screenshot comparison of the first photo in the misleading post (left) and the genuine photo from AP (right): Screenshot comparison of the first photo in the misleading post (left) and the genuine photo from AP (right) The same picture was also published in April 2013 news reports about the Lion Air in Bali, such as here and here . Second photo The second picture of the plane crash was published in a report by US broadcaster CBS News about the same Lion Air plane crash on April 13, 2013. The photo's credit reads: AP Photo / National Rescue Team -- known in Indonesian as Basarnas. This photo released by Indonesia's National Rescue Team shows rescuers at the crash site of a Lion Air plane in Bali, Indonesia on Saturday, April 13, 2013, reads the paragraph underneath the picture. The plane carrying more than 100 passengers and crew overshot a runway on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Saturday and crashed into the sea, injuring 45 people, officials said. Below is a screenshot comparison of the second photo used in the misleading post (left) and the genuine photo in the CBS News report (right): Screenshot comparison of the second photo used in the misleading post (left) and the genuine photo in the CBS News report (right) The picture was also published by Australian news outlet news.com.au about the investigation into the plane crash. Indonesian investigators blamed the crash on poor training, with their preliminary report ruling out any fault with the aeroplane, AFP reported . Third photo The photo of the praying woman was published by US-based broadcaster Voice of America (VOA) on October 29, 2018, in an article about a deadly Lion Air crash in Indonesia. Indonesian officials say there are likely no survivors after a Lion Air flight with 189 passengers and crew on board crashed into the sea 13 minutes after taking off from Jakarta, reads the first paragraph of the report. The photo, which is credited to the Associated Press, has a caption that reads: A relative of passengers prays as she and others wait for news on a Lion Air plane that crashed off Java Island at Depati Amir Airport in Pangkal Pinang, Indonesia, Oct. 29, 2018. Pangkal Pinang is the capital of Indonesia's Bangka-Belitung province. Below is a screenshot comparison between the third photo in the misleading post (left) and the genuine photo in the VOA report (right): Screenshot comparison between the third photo in the misleading post (left) and the genuine photo in the VOA report (right) The same photo was also published in the AP Images website here . According to the AFP report of the deadly 2018 crash, the Lion Air jet plunged into the sea shortly after taking off from Jakarta, en route to Pangkal Pinang. The last major crash happened on January 9, 2021, when a Sriwijaya Air jet carrying 62 people crashed into the sea shortly after setting off from Jakarta, killing all onboard . (en)
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