An Emotional Video of a Father and Daughter Recorded at Dhaka International Airport Falsely Linked to the Ahmedabad Air India Crash

Old footage of Air India plane taking off from Heathrow shared as Ahmedabad crash – Full Fact

Social media posts have shared this clip with the claim it shows the plane that crashed taking off. In fact this footage shows a different plane, and has been online for more than a year.

An emotional video of a father and daughter recorded at Dhaka International Airport falsely linked to the Ahmedabad Air India crash

On 12 June 2025, Air India Flight AI 171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for London Gatwick, crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad. The aircraft lost altitude within minutes and went down in the Meghani Nagar area near the airport, erupting in flames (here, here). It crashed into the hostel building of B.J. Medical College and Civil Hospital, which was reportedly housing medical students at the time. Over 240 people were on board, inc…

Old Video Falsely Shared as Quran Surviving Fire After Air India Plane Crash

Fact-Check: An old video has gone viral with the false claim that it shows a copy of the Holy Quran which survived the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad.

Fact Check: Video Of Universal Studios Film Set Falsely Shared As Site Of Ahmedabad Plane Crash

Following the tragic crash of Air India Flight 171 in Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025, a video claiming to show the site of the accident is going viral on social media, purportedly showing the wreckage of the aircraft and debris from the destroyed buildings strewn across the area. Newschecker found that viral footage is of the iconic film set created at Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles for the aeroplane crash scene in the 2005 Hollywood epi…