Fact Check: Airplane crash video of Iran being shared on social media is fake
Clip from Flight Simulator software falsely being shared as ‘Airplane Crashed in Iran'
A short video clip is reportedly being shared widely across social media platforms with claims adding that it is the video of a crash landing of a Garuda Indonesia (Indonesia’s National airline) at Mashhad Airport in Iraq.
The claims further add that the video is of January 7, 2022, when the flight was landing at Mashhad Airport in Iraq but crash-landed.
It has, however, emerged that the video is fake and is from flight simulating software. Moreover, the search for plane crashes in Iran this year has led to no results.
According to a report published on The Quint, the video was uploaded on 2 May 2020 by a verified YouTube channel called ‘Bopbibun.’
Its description reads, "This is only in the flight simulation. This situation is not real! Everything in this video doesn't happen in real life, because this situation is just a challenge for me to try in the flight simulation."
The section of the video that is seen in the viral claim starts at the 05:55-minute mark.
The frames of the video also matched with the viral video.
Clearly, a clip from a flight simulation software is being shared as an Indonesian airplane crash landing in Iran.
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Ready to face no-confidence motion, says Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah
Hassan (Karnataka) (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said that the Congress government led by him was ready to face the no-confidence motion if moved by the opposition during the legislature session from December 8.
With Deputy CM D K Shivakumar by his side, he reiterated that they would both abide by the high command's decision on the leadership issue.
"Let them (opposition) bring in a no-confidence motion or adjournment motion or any other motion. We are ready to face it. Ours is an open book, transparent government. We are ready to face anything," Siddaramaiah said in response to a question.
However, BJP state President B Y Vijayendra and Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly R Ashoka, clarified that the party, along with the JD(S) has not discussed or decided anything so far regarding moving a no-confidence motion against the government.
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The winter session of the Karnataka legislature will begin in Belagavi, bordering Maharashtra, on December 8 and will go on till 19th of this month.
Not wanting to react to a question on the leadership issue, the CM said the Congress high command is very strong.
"D K Shivakumar and I will be committed to whatever the high command decides," he said.
Earlier in the day in Bengaluru, Shivakumar accompanied AICC Mallikarjun Kharge till airport from Vidhana Soudha, after paying tributes to B R Ambedkar on his 69th death anniversary, which had led to some speculation about possible discussion between the two on the leadership issue.
The power tussle within the ruling party had intensified amid speculation about a change in chief minister in the state, after the Congress government reached the halfway mark of its five-year term on November 20.
However, both the CM and Deputy CM had recently held breakfast meetings at each others residences, on the instructions of the high command, which is seen as a move to pause the leadership tussle between the two and to signal Siddaramaiah's continuation as the CM for the time being, especially ahead of the Belagavi legislature session.
