Fact Check: Ahmedabad plane crash visuals? No, video shows apartment fire in Delhi’s Dwarka
A video showing a building on fire is being shared on social media with the false claim that it shows visuals from the Air India plane crash site in Ahmedabad.
By Md Mahfooz Alam
Claim:Visuals from the Air India plane crash site in Ahmedabad.
Fact:The claim is false. This video shows a fire that broke out at Shabad Apartments in Delhi’s Dwarka on June 10
On June 12, an Air India Dreamliner carrying 242 people crashed into the BJ Medical College hostel block in Ahmedabad’s Meghani Nagar area during lunchtime. The plane struck the mess and residential quarters of the hostel, claiming the lives of dozens of medical students, doctors, and staff, and injuring many others.
In the aftermath of the crash, a video circulating on social media shows people falling from the top floor of a building on fire. The clip is being widely shared with the claim that it captures visuals from the Air India plane crash site in Ahmedabad.
One X user shared the video with the caption, “Watch this video, you will get goosebumps. Another video of the Ahmedabad plane crash is going viral rapidly.” (Translate from Hindi). (Archive)
Fact Check
NewsMeter found the claim to be false, as the video shows an apartment in Delhi’s Dwarka, which caught fire on June 10.
A reverse image search of the video’s keyframes led us to identical footage published by The Indian Express on June 10. According to the outlet, the video shows a fire that broke out in the Shabad Apartment, located in Dwarka Sector 13 near the MRV School.
We also found the same visuals published by several other media outlets, including Times Now, News9 Live, and NDTV, on June 10. All of them reported that the video shows a massive fire at Shabad Apartment in Delhi’s Dwarka Sector 13.
According to a report published by The Indian Express on June 11, three members of a family, including two children, died after jumping from the balcony of a 10th-floor duplex flat to escape a massive fire that broke out on June 10. The incident occurred at a residential society, Shabad Apartment, in Dwarka’s Sector 13.
The two children, a boy and a girl, both aged 10, were declared dead on arrival at Akash Hospital. The man, identified as Yash Yadav (40), was pronounced dead at Indira Gandhi Hospital, according to the police. He was the girl’s father and the boy’s uncle.
The incident was also reported by The Times of India and Hindustan Times.
Therefore, we conclude that the video does not show visuals of the Air India crash site in Ahmedabad. The claim is false.
