{"id":108469,"date":"2021-12-09T19:41:30","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T14:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=108469"},"modified":"2021-12-09T19:42:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T14:12:57","slug":"old-video-viral-as-gen-bipin-rawats-chopper-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-viral-as-gen-bipin-rawats-chopper-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Unrelated video shared as crash-landing of Gen Bipin Rawat&#8217;s chopper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On December 8, 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IAF_MCC\/status\/1468559352915054593\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">13 people<\/a> including CDS Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat, and 11 others died when their helicopter crashed in Tamil Nadu\u2019s Konnur area. Against this backdrop, a video has been viral on social media as live footage of the incident.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Live Breaking News : IAF Helicopter Crash Live Updates: CDS Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife, 11 others killed in chopper crash in Tamil Nadu&#8217;s Coonoor<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bipin_Rawat?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bipin_Rawat<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BipinRawatHelicopterCrash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BipinRawatHelicopterCrash<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/50zrH9q6yY\">pic.twitter.com\/50zrH9q6yY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DB NEWS (@dbnewsindia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dbnewsindia\/status\/1468578670805610500?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alt News has also received numerous requests to verify it on our WhatsApp helpline number (+91 76000 11160).<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-108469 gallery-columns-3 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"411\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/2021-12-08-22_36_29-Element.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/2021-12-08-22_36_29-Element.jpeg 411w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/2021-12-08-22_36_29-Element-300x271.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><\/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\/old-video-viral-as-gen-bipin-rawats-chopper-crash\/img_20211208_194034\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/IMG_20211208_194034.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/IMG_20211208_194034.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/IMG_20211208_194034-254x300.jpeg 254w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/IMG_20211208_194034-865x1024.jpeg 865w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/IMG_20211208_194034-768x909.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/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\/old-video-viral-as-gen-bipin-rawats-chopper-crash\/img_20211208_194050\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1171\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/IMG_20211208_194050.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/IMG_20211208_194050.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/IMG_20211208_194050-277x300.jpeg 277w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/IMG_20211208_194050-944x1024.jpeg 944w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/IMG_20211208_194050-768x833.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Unrelated incident<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>We performed a reverse image search of the video frames and discovered that the chopper shown in the video was actually the Indian Air Force\u2019s Mi-17 model which crashed in Arunachal Pradesh on November 18, 2021. ANI tweeted the same video on November 18 while reporting on the incident. Two pilots and three crew members were aboard the helicopter when it crashed. However, they all survived and sustained only minor injuries.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WATCH<\/a> video of the Indian Air Force Mi-17 helicopter that crash-landed near a helipad in Eastern Arunachal Pradesh today with two pilots and three crew members. All of them are safe with minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: a local person) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cTUbzZRT3J\">pic.twitter.com\/cTUbzZRT3J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1461343584787988488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>East Mojo had also shared this clip while reporting on the Mi-17 crash.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">IAF&#8217;s MI-17 helicopter crash-landed at Roccham helipad in Arunachal&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Anjaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Anjaw<\/a> district on Thursday. No casualties were reported.<\/p>\n<p>The helicopter was doing ration sorties from Hayuliang to Roccham for the Indian Army and included two pilots, one engineer and two crew members. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jncm5647hq\">pic.twitter.com\/Jncm5647hq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 EastMojo (@EastMojo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EastMojo\/status\/1461317196496338944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hindustan Times shared the footage in a November 19 video story on the incident.<\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"Watch how IAF\u2019s Mi-17 chopper crash-landed in Arunachal Pradesh; crew members safe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9BD_MwqDRYk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 8, 2021, 13 people including CDS Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat, and 11 others died when their helicopter crashed in Tamil Nadu\u2019s Konnur area. Against this backdrop, a video has been viral on social media as live footage of the incident. Live Breaking News : IAF Helicopter Crash Live Updates: CDS Gen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":108482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[133],"class_list":["post-108469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/bipin-rawat-helicopter-crash.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108469"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108494,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108469\/revisions\/108494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108469"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=108469"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=108469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}