Fact Check: Simulated video of Ethiopian plane crash shared as final moments before Chinese Boeing 737 crash
India Today
A video of the final moments of the alleged ill-fated China Eastern Airlines flight has gone viral on social media. The India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) finds this claim to be false.
A passenger plane with over 130 people on board crashed on Monday afternoon, March 21, in a mountainous area of China. The Boeing 737 plane, operated by China Eastern Airlines, reportedly went down in Guangxi, an autonomous region in southern China.
Even as casualties remained unknown at the time of writing this, a ten-second-long video allegedly from the ill-fated flight went viral on social media.
The video, which appears to be taken from the window of a plane, captured the sound of crying passengers. The first few seconds of the video showed the plane tumbling towards the ground. It crashed right before the ten-second mark.
A Boeing 737 just crashed in southern China. This was one of the last moment recorded on the plane. maybe the only moment. Viewers’ discretion advised. pic.twitter.com/rzdRpNBEem
“A Boeing 737 just crashed in southern China. This was one of the last moments recorded on the plane. maybe the only moment. Viewers’ discretion advised,” a Twitter user wrote sharing the video.
Archived versions of similar claims can be seen here and here.
