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Photo from 2022 shared online as depicting July fire on Air India plane leaving Hong Kong

Photo from 2022 shared online as depicting July fire on Air India plane leaving Hong Kong

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'Air India flight AI-315 from Hong Kong sparked panic after a fire broke out in its auxiliary power unit,' a
Facebook post 's caption reads in part.
The 20-second clip, which shows a photo of smoke billowing from a plane, has garnered more than 132,000 views.
The photo was shared in similar posts on
X and
Instagram
A screenshot of the misleading Facebook post with lines crossed through. Photo: Facebook/SCMP Composite
The image circulated online on July 22, after an Air India plane departing Hong Kong
caught fire after landing in India's Delhi. No injuries were reported.
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Several media outlets, including some in India, Pakistan and Hong Kong, used the photo in their reports about the July 22 fire.
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