Fact Check: Aerobatic stunt video shared as IAF MiG-21 crash in Rajasthan

Hyderabad: A video of an aircraft crash is viral on social media with users claiming that the aircraft IAF MiG-21 crashed in Rajasthan, killing several people. The video has garnered over a million views on Instagram so far.

‘I miss you guys’ the caption roughly translates ‘गैस एक और हादसा हो गया पता नहीं कितनों की जान गई है’

The link to the viral video can be seen here.

The comment on the video also suggests that the video is being shared in the context of the IAF MiG-21 crash in Rajasthan that happened on 8th May 2023.

Fact Check

NewsMeter found the claim to be false.

To ascertain the fact we conducted a reverse image search on the screenshot of the video. We found a similar video of aerobatic fall and flip on a YouTube channel named 'Travel About' titled 'Insane Red Bull stunt plane' dated 27th March 2023.

We also found other similar videos of how the stunts are performed as well.

During the research, we came across the Red Bull stunt video under the tag ‘TUSCAN’. Over a keyword search on Tuscan, we found a similar video on a YouTube Channel titled ‘Tucson Aerobatic Shootout 2022 by Sacha Cecconi’.

On further search, we found a report on the Hindustan Times website, dated May 9, 2023. The report revealed a MiG-21 Bison fighter jet crashed into a house near Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh in which three women were and the pilot managed to escape with minor injuries.

Although we could not find the exact event video of the aerobatic stunt as shown in the viral video, we can firmly say that the viral video is not from the IAF MiG-21 crash in Rajasthan. Even the aircraft seen in both the videos are not the same.

Hence, our investigation revealed that the viral video is from an aerobic stunt not from the MiG-21 crash in Rajasthan.