Old, Unrelated Images Falsely Linked To IAF Fighter Jet Crash in Rajasthan

Old, Unrelated Images Falsely Linked To IAF Fighter Jet Crash in Rajasthan

Fact-Check: A set of two images has gone viral to falsely claim that it shows the aftermath of the recent air plane crash in Churu, Rajasthan.

Fact Check: 10-Yr-Old Image From Odisha Shared As IAF’s Jaguar Crash In Rajasthan’s Churu

Bhubaneswar: Following the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) Jaguar fighter jet crash in Rajasthan’s Churu, multiple X accounts on Wednesday posted a picture of a severely damaged fighter jet to express shock and grief over the incident in which both pilots were killed. A reverse image search on the photo by the Quint, however, revealed that it was of an advanced jet trainer aircraft of the Air Force, which crashed in a paddy field at Kudarsahi in Odisha…