Fact check: Did Mauritania flight carrying 210 Haj pilgrims crash off Red Sea? No, here’s truth
New Delhi: A social media post is doing rounds with the claim that a Mauritania flight carrying 210 Haj pilgrims crashed off the Red Sea coast, while en-route to Saudi Arabia. However upon running a fact-check the claim was found to be false.
According to the news website Ummid, Mauritania’s Director of Hajj at the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, El Waly Taha has denied the claims and confirmed that all Mauritanian pilgrims are safe and had arrived safely in the Holy lands.
Quoting Mauritania Airlines, Ummid reported that three scheduled flights on May 23, 24 and 25 safely transported all pilgrims to Makkah.
"Mauritania Airlines operated three flights for this year’s Hajj season and all three reached their destination safely," read an official statement from the airline.
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Man killed in flat ceiling plaster crash, wife and son hurt
Thane (PTI): A 45-year-old man was killed, and his wife and son were injured when a portion of plaster from the ceiling collapsed in their flat in a seven-storey building in Thane on Saturday, officials said.
Chief of the Regional Disaster Management Cell, Yasin Tadvi, said the 16-year-old building is not listed in the "dangerous" category.
"The incident occurred in Karumdev Society at about 3 am. The plaster of the hall in a flat on the terrace floor suddenly fell while the occupants were asleep", he said.
Of the four people who were inside the room, two suffered minor injuries and were discharged after primary treatment, Tadvi stated.
The injured persons were identified as Arpita More (42), who suffered minor head injuries, and her son Arush More (16), who sustained injuries to both legs.
Manoj More (45), who sustained chest injuries, died during treatment at a private hospital.
