{"id":100924,"date":"2021-08-19T21:59:06","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T16:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=100924"},"modified":"2021-08-19T21:59:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T16:29:06","slug":"digital-creation-video-viral-as-afganis-flee-lying-on-the-wings-of-an-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/digital-creation-video-viral-as-afganis-flee-lying-on-the-wings-of-an-aircraft\/","title":{"rendered":"Morphed video of man lying on airplane wing believed to be from Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a man lying on the wing of a plane in mid-air is circulating on social media. It is being claimed that the video shows an Afghani trying to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban took over the country. It must be pointed out that reports showing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlArabiya_Eng\/status\/1427213918452305923\">locals latching onto a military plane<\/a> and men <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlinejadMasih\/status\/1427252725851561987\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">falling off aircraft mid-air<\/a> have been reported in the media. Facebook page &#8216;Gulistan News Channel&#8217; has posted this video, gathering over 5 lakh views at the time of writing. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210818100437\/https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/login\/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FOfficialGulistanNews%2Fvideos%2F4427629550589412\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialGulistanNews\/videos\/4427629550589412\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/OfficialGulistanNews\/videos\/4427629550589412\/\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/OfficialGulistanNews\/videos\/4427629550589412\/\">#VIRALVIDEO | Citizens of Afghanistan scared of TB occupation hugging deaths and riding on the wings of the Airplane&#8230;&#8230;.. Gulistan News don&#8217;t endorse the authenticity of this video..<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#VIRALVIDEO | Citizens of Afghanistan scared of TB occupation hugging deaths and riding on the wings of the Airplane&#8230;&#8230;.. Gulistan News don&#8217;t endorse the authenticity of this video..<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialGulistanNews\/\">Gulistan News Channel<\/a> on Tuesday, August 17, 2021<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Twitter user @kashmirAdolph also shared the visuals and accompanying claim. It had been viewed by more than 25,000 handles as of this writing. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210818082552\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/kashmirAdolph\/status\/1427616740205154307\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">VIDEO : Citizens of Afghanistan scared of TB occupation hugging deaths and riding on the wings of the Airplane<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Afghanistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Afghanistan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J1B1BVjile\">pic.twitter.com\/J1B1BVjile<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\udd6c\ud835\udd89\ud835\udd94\ud835\udd91\ud835\udd95\ud835\udd8d (@kashmirAdolph) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kashmirAdolph\/status\/1427616740205154307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The clip is widespread on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos?q=Citizens%20of%20Afghanistan%20scared%20of%20TB%20occupation%20hugging%20deaths%20and%20riding%20on%20the%20wings%20of%20the%20Airplane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Citizens%20of%20Afghanistan%20scared%20of%20TB%20occupation%20hugging%20deaths%20and%20riding%20on%20the%20wings%20of%20the%20Airplane&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>. Alt News also received a few requests to verify it on its official mobile app.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-100924 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/digital-creation-video-viral-as-afganis-flee-lying-on-the-wings-of-an-aircraft\/1-105\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"531\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/1.png 531w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/1-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/digital-creation-video-viral-as-afganis-flee-lying-on-the-wings-of-an-aircraft\/2-95\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2-6.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2-6.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2-6-294x300.jpeg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/digital-creation-video-viral-as-afganis-flee-lying-on-the-wings-of-an-aircraft\/3-81\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1857\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/3-6.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/3-6.jpeg 1857w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/3-6-300x138.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/3-6-1024x470.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/3-6-768x353.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/3-6-1536x706.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1857px) 100vw, 1857px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/digital-creation-video-viral-as-afganis-flee-lying-on-the-wings-of-an-aircraft\/4-71\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/4-7.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/4-7.jpeg 598w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/4-7-236x300.jpeg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/digital-creation-video-viral-as-afganis-flee-lying-on-the-wings-of-an-aircraft\/5-51\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"694\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/5-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/5-1.png 694w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/5-1-300x278.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>We performed a reverse image search of a still from the video and found that it had been posted earlier by several other social media handles and YouTube channels in 2020. We were able to locate a version posted online on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EvanKirstel\/status\/1295463538136363009\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 18, 2020<\/a> on Twitter. This original iteration was actually a TikTok video posted by the user &#8216;theghostofinternet&#8217; as seen in the clip.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-100926 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-57.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"597\" height=\"789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-57.jpeg 597w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-57-227x300.jpeg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Apart from this, we also found a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/713327375731161\/videos\/1071139659909712\/?__tn__=%2CO-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">similar set of visuals<\/a> in which a person was sitting on the wing of the aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>After a closer look at both the clips, we noticed that they featured the same background.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-100924 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/digital-creation-video-viral-as-afganis-flee-lying-on-the-wings-of-an-aircraft\/1-106\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/1-8.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/1-8.jpeg 755w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/1-8-300x258.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/digital-creation-video-viral-as-afganis-flee-lying-on-the-wings-of-an-aircraft\/2-96\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"729\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2-7.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2-7.jpeg 729w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2-7-300x272.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/digital-creation-video-viral-as-afganis-flee-lying-on-the-wings-of-an-aircraft\/3-82\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"727\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/3-7.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/3-7.jpeg 727w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/3-7-300x269.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We discovered that a lot of memes websites and platforms posting humourous content had shared the video (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CFKpsOdBJu3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link 1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/wall81422543_27186\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link 2<\/a>). Yet another video with the same background can also be found online except here, a man <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qLk-dglJ9ZQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seated on a chair is drinking a cup of tea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We also found a YouTube video posted on December 17, 2020, where a few other videos with a similar background are shown. The \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCvX54uYidNn2uDpRTdUJ5MQ\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">About\u2019 section<\/a> of the YouTube channel says that it photoshops videos from day-to-day lives.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vGu2rYDZ0V0]<\/p>\n<p>The description of this video contains a link to the profile of a Facebook user named &#8216;Huy Xu\u00e2n Mai. Alt News found that the viral video was posted by the user on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/huyquanhoa\/videos\/3333800896740402\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 17, 2020<\/a>. Several other such videos can be found on his Facebook timeline. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/huyquanhoa\/videos\/4256863107767505\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link 1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/huyquanhoa\/videos\/3330967510357074\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link 2<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Mai identifies as the administrator of a photoshop page called &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/huyquanhoa12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Photoshop C\u00f3 T\u00e2m &amp; Troller<\/a>&#8216;. You can find many such edited and photoshopped videos on this Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>To sum it up, the video in circulation has been edited and has nothing to do with Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a man lying on the wing of a plane in mid-air is circulating on social media. It is being claimed that the video shows an Afghani trying to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban took over the country. 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