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AFP
6 days ago
- General
- AFP
Clip of turbulence during Pakistani flight falsely linked to Air India tragedy
'Indian plane crash - Key moment before the Plane crash,' reads the caption of a Facebook post published on June 13, 2025. Image Screenshot of the false post, published on June 13, 2025 The clip shows passengers onboard a plane, screaming as the aircraft shakes violently. The same video has been shared thousands of times in Burmese on Facebook and TikTok. Air India Air India flight 171, a London-bound plane, crashed into a medical staff building in a residential area of Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff on June 12, 2025, resulting in the death to date of at least 279 people (archived here). One person onboard the doomed flight miraculously escaped the fiery crash, which left the tailpiece of the aircraft protruding from the second floor of a hostel for medical staff from a nearby hospital (archived here). The in-flight voice and data recorders have been recovered as investigators work to determine the cause of the disaster (archived here). Image Workers remove the Air India flight 171 tail from the wreckage after the June 12 crash in a residential area near the airport on June 14, 2025 (AFP / DIBYANGSHU SARKAR) However, claims that the video of terrified passengers was filmed moments before the crash are false. Pakistan sandstorm A reverse image search of keyframes in the clip led us to a Facebook post with the same footage published weeks before the Air India crash on May 24, 2025 (archived here). Published by an account called 'Pakistan Republic', the caption reads: 'Flight from Karachi to Lahore Caught in Severe Windstorm! Violent turbulence mid-air causes panic among passengers – terrifying scenes reported.' A Google search found other articles here and here about the turbulent flight, operated by Fly Jinnah, a private carrier in Pakistan. The aircraft had encountered a sandstorm while attempting to land at Allama Iqbal International Airport (archived here and here). Image Screenshots comparing the video in the false post (left) with the clip published before the Air India crash, taken on June 24, 20254 The reports revealed a similar incident a week earlier when another flight operated by the same airline faced a severe dust storm while approaching the Pakistani city of Quetta. That flight made four failed landing attempts before finally landing with low fuel levels. According to a directive seen by AFP on June 21, 2025, New Delhi's civil aviation regulator ordered Air India to remove three officials from their roles due to 'systemic failures', but it did not say if it was linked to the June 12 crash (archived here). AFP Fact Check has debunked numerous claims related to the Air India crash, including here, here and here.
Toronto Sun
15-06-2025
- General
- Toronto Sun
Remains of Air India crash victims are handed over to relatives
Published Jun 15, 2025 • 2 minute read People lower a coffin of a victim, who was killed in the Air India flight crash, during a burial ceremony in Ahmedabad on June 15, 2025. Grieving families held funerals in India on June 15 for their relatives who were among at least 279 killed in one of the world's worst plane crashes in decades. Photo by DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP via Getty Images AHMEDABAD, India — Authorities have started handing over remains of the victims of one of India's worst aviation disasters, days after the Air India flight crashed and killed at least 270 people, officials said Sunday. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The London-bound Boeing 787 struck a medical college hostel in a residential area of the northwestern city of Ahmedabad minutes after takeoff Thursday, killing 241 people on board and at least 29 on the ground. One passenger survived. Hundreds of relatives of the crash victims provided DNA samples at the hospital. Most of the bodies were charred or mutilated, making them unrecognizable. Rajneesh Patel, an official at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad, said authorities have so far identified 32 victims through DNA mapping and their families were informed. He said the remains of 14 victims were handed over to relatives. The victims' families waited outside the hospital mortuary as authorities worked to complete formalities and transfer the bodies in coffins into ambulances. Most of them have expressed frustration at a slow pace of the identification process. Authorities say it normally takes up to 72 hours to complete DNA matching and they are expediting the process. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Among the passengers, 169 were Indians, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese and one Canadian. Qasim Rashid Ahmed, a British national of Indian origin whose charity provided food and accommodation to the victims' relatives, said most of the British victims had relatives in Gujarat state and had given their DNA samples. Alongside the formal investigation, the Indian government has set up a high-level committee to examine the causes leading to the crash. The committee will focus on formulating procedures to prevent and handle aircraft emergencies in the future, the Ministry of Civil Aviation said in a statement Saturday. Authorities have also begun inspecting Air India's entire fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners, Minister of Civil Aviation Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu said Saturday in New Delhi at his first news briefing since Thursday's crash. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Eight of the 34 Dreamliners in India have already undergone inspection, Kinjarapu said, adding that the remaining aircraft will be examined with 'immediate urgency.' Investigators on Friday recovered the plane's digital flight data recorder, or the black box, from a rooftop near the crash site. The device is expected to reveal information about the engine and control settings, while the voice recorder will provide cockpit conversations, said Paul Fromme, a mechanical engineer with the U.K.-based Institution of Mechanical Engineers. The plane that crashed was 12 years old. Boeing planes have been plagued by safety issues on other types of aircraft. There are currently around 1,200 of the 787 Dreamliner aircraft worldwide and this was the first deadly crash in 16 years of operation, according to experts. — Hussain reported from Srinagar, India. Read More Sunshine Girls Golf Editorial Cartoons Sports World
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Chess great Carlsen held to draw by 143,000 players
Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, pictured during a 2024 match, took on a team of 143,000 opponents (DIBYANGSHU SARKAR) Chess legend Magnus Carlsen, considered one of the best players in history, has been held to a draw by a team of 143,000 opponents in an online match. Organised by the match site the duel -- dubbed "Magnus Carlsen vs. The World" -- pitted the 34-year-old Norwegian against amateurs from around the planet who decided their moves by popular vote. Advertisement The match with Carlsen, who was world champion from 2013 to 2023, opened on April 4, with each side allowed 24 hours to decide its next move. After more than six weeks, it ended in a draw Monday. "I felt that I was a little bit better, early in the opening," Carlsen said in a video. "Honestly, since then, they haven't given me a single chance." Carlsen is not the first grandmaster to take on a team of thousands. Russian chess giant Garry Kasparov played more than 50,000 opponents in a 1999 match, while India's Viswanathan Anand played around 70,000 last year, according to news agency NTB. phy/ef/bde/jhb/js
