{"id":112638,"date":"2022-02-28T20:27:47","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T14:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=112638"},"modified":"2022-03-01T10:09:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T04:39:18","slug":"air-india-flight-in-war-tone-ukraine-no-misinfo-believed-to-be-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/air-india-flight-in-war-tone-ukraine-no-misinfo-believed-to-be-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Air India flight in war-torn Ukraine? No. Misinfo believed to be true"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amidst Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine, several distressing videos of Indian students trying to escape Ukraine have surfaced on social media. On February 28, <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/ukraine-russia-pm-modi-meeting-union-ministers-indian-students-evacuation-7794215\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Indian Express<\/a> reported that four Union Ministers will visit as Special Envoy of the Indian government in neighbouring countries to expedite the rescue of Indian citizens from Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>In the backdrop of this, a screenshot from PlaneFinder, a United Kingdom-based real-time flight tracking service, has gone viral since February 24. The image shows the trajectory of Air India flight number 121 (AI121) with the claim that it shows the aircraft flying through the warzone to rescue stranded Indians.<\/p>\n<p>Republic TV published <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/CJSSE\">an article<\/a> with the headline, &#8220;Air India lone airliner to brave through war-ridden Russia-Ukraine airspace: Report&#8221; along with the viral image. This report was later deleted without any clarification.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-112703 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/image-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1373\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/image-4.jpg 1373w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/image-4-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/image-4-687x1024.jpg 687w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/image-4-768x1146.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/image-4-1030x1536.jpg 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1373px) 100vw, 1373px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News18 anchor and managing editor <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/qzoHS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amish Devgan<\/a> and Akhilesh Mishra, former director of the BJP government\u2019s online citizen engagement initiative \u2018MyGov India\u2019, posted this image on February 27. Both have deleted their tweets.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-112638 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><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\/air-india-flight-in-war-tone-ukraine-no-misinfo-believed-to-be-true\/fmn5vqduyaygwxk\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"182\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/FMn5vQDUYAYGwXK-182x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/FMn5vQDUYAYGwXK-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/FMn5vQDUYAYGwXK-623x1024.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/FMn5vQDUYAYGwXK-768x1263.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/FMn5vQDUYAYGwXK-934x1536.jpg 934w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/FMn5vQDUYAYGwXK.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><\/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\/air-india-flight-in-war-tone-ukraine-no-misinfo-believed-to-be-true\/fml1zuxvcaeuty\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"157\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/FMl1ZuXVcAEUtY--157x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/FMl1ZuXVcAEUtY--157x300.jpg 157w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/FMl1ZuXVcAEUtY--535x1024.jpg 535w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/FMl1ZuXVcAEUtY--768x1469.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/FMl1ZuXVcAEUtY-.jpg 781w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Using social media monitoring tool CrowdTangle, we found that over 100 accounts [view <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/AI121.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>] shared this image online including pro-government pages like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/317093098788822\/posts\/952599981904794\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Modi Once More<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/142985565891618\/posts\/1832898880233603\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saffron Tigers<\/a>. The latter shared the image and wrote, &#8220;[sic] This single plane which is flying on sky of Russia Ukraine war zone is showing the power of new India. When no country has dare to fly there it is #AirIndia which is going to airlift Indian Nationals who are stuck there. This is new India under the able leadership of PM Narendra Modi ji. This single picture tells the whole story.&#8221; This post has been shared over 11,000 times and liked over 40,000 times.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-112656 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-28-14_35_04-CrowdTangle-and-10-more-pages-Personal-Microsoft\u200b-Edge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"355\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-28-14_35_04-CrowdTangle-and-10-more-pages-Personal-Microsoft\u200b-Edge.jpg 355w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-28-14_35_04-CrowdTangle-and-10-more-pages-Personal-Microsoft\u200b-Edge-141x300.jpg 141w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the same day, FB page &#8216;Modi Once More&#8217; shared this image and wrote, &#8221; [sic] That&#8217;s Air India rescue flight on its way&#8230;Modi Ji &#8211; I got Swag Mitron!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-112657 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-28-14_39_33-6-Modi-Once-More-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook-and-10-more-pages-Personal-Microsoft\u200b-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"717\" height=\"738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-28-14_39_33-6-Modi-Once-More-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook-and-10-more-pages-Personal-Microsoft\u200b-.jpg 717w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-28-14_39_33-6-Modi-Once-More-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook-and-10-more-pages-Personal-Microsoft\u200b--291x300.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Prior to all the posts, on February 24, Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/A8zPU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@QuebecTango<\/a> posted the viral image and alleged AI121 was flying in a no-fly zone and dubbed it as &#8216;Leeroy Jenkins&#8217; moment &#8211; a western slang for doing something extraordinary. This tweet was retweeted over 12,000 times.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Air Traffic Control: Avoid the area &#8211; there&#8217;s a war on!<br \/>\nAir India: LEEEEEROOOOYYYYY JEEEENKINNNNS!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VaBbgvxEDs\">pic.twitter.com\/VaBbgvxEDs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 QuebecTango (@QuebecTango) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QuebecTango\/status\/1496819827712868361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>AI121 is not Ukraine-bound<\/h4>\n<p>It must be noted that a day after @QuebecTango shared the image, he claimed, &#8220;[sic] End result: it was a glitch in the app. It corrected itself but not before a screengrab was taken. I saw said screengrab and immediately tweeted the Leeroy Jenkins take without realising it was a glitch. End result: cries of &#8220;fake&#8221; but still happy with the joke.&#8221; Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YourAnonNews\/status\/1496990072373186566?s=20&amp;t=zz2dlGn9brbAagr-fWWm9w\">@YourAnonNews<\/a> also shared this image and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YourAnonNews\/status\/1496992085651693571?s=20&amp;t=Mid-sH5r72euvO9WgJu1YA\">called it a &#8220;meme&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the viral image, we can see that the screenshot itself reveals that flight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=AI+121+flight&amp;oq=AI+121+flight+&amp;aqs=edge..69i57j0i512l2j0i131i433i512j0i512l2j0i3j0i22i30j69i60.4144j0j1&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\">AI121<\/a> is heading to Frankfurt (Germany) not Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-112704 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-28-17_38_56-3-QuebecTango-on-Twitter_-_Air-Traffic-Control_-Avoid-the-area-theres-a-war.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-28-17_38_56-3-QuebecTango-on-Twitter_-_Air-Traffic-Control_-Avoid-the-area-theres-a-war.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-28-17_38_56-3-QuebecTango-on-Twitter_-_Air-Traffic-Control_-Avoid-the-area-theres-a-war-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planefinder.net\/flight\/AIC121\/time\/2022-02-24T07:35:00.000Z\/speed\/20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As per PlaneFinder<\/a>, AI121 is operational on all days of the week except Wednesdays. It was Thursday on February 24, thus the flight was operational. The image below is a screenshot from PlaneFinder that shows the trajectory of flight AI121 on February 24.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-112668 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-28-16_10_01-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-28-16_10_01-.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-28-16_10_01--300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-28-16_10_01--1024x548.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-28-16_10_01--768x411.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-28-16_10_01--1536x822.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is must be noted Press Trust of India <a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/india\/air-india-rescue-flight-to-ukraine-returns-midway-after-airspace-shuts-down-amid-russia-offensive\/845345\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that an Air India plane that took off to bring back Indians from Ukraine on February 24 was called back to Delhi after Ukrainian authorities issued a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) stating that civil flights within the country &#8220;are restricted due to potential hazard&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>An Air India official told Alt News, &#8220;All flights have pre-defined air navigation routes guided by the air traffic control. In case of any exigences, non-availability of airspace or aerodrome, a NOTAM is issued and subsequently, a route is re-defined. <strong>I must stress that no commercial aircraft will enter any area(s) declared as no-fly zone.&#8221; <\/strong>Thus, it is safe to state that no &#8216;Leeroy Jenkins&#8217; moment took place in relation to AI121 flight.<\/p>\n<p>On February 25, the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MEAIndia\/status\/1497238308270735362\">tweeted<\/a>, &#8220;The first batch of evacuees from Ukraine reach Romania via Suceava border crossing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The first batch of evacuees from Ukraine reach Romania via Suceava border crossing.<\/p>\n<p>Our team at Suceava will now facilitate travel to Bucharest for their onward journey to India. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G8nz2jVHxD\">pic.twitter.com\/G8nz2jVHxD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arindam Bagchi (@MEAIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MEAIndia\/status\/1497238308270735362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To sum it up, Republic TV and News18 anchor Amish Devgan shared an unverified screenshot with the false claim that it shows India&#8217;s rescue mission on February 24. The Government of India began the rescue operation in question on February 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amidst Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine, several distressing videos of Indian students trying to escape Ukraine have surfaced on social media. On February 28, The Indian Express reported that four Union Ministers will visit as Special Envoy of the Indian government in neighbouring countries to expedite the rescue of Indian citizens from Ukraine. 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