{"id":29387,"date":"2019-02-28T14:26:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T08:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=29387"},"modified":"2019-02-28T15:07:21","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T09:37:21","slug":"pak-social-media-accounts-share-manufactured-video-of-indian-air-force-jet-being-shot-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/pak-social-media-accounts-share-manufactured-video-of-indian-air-force-jet-being-shot-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Pak social media accounts share manufactured video of Indian air force jet being shot down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On February 27, the Indian air force engaged Pakistani jets after they violated Indian air-space in which one IAF pilot was captured from PoK after his plane was shot down. Soon after, a\u00a0video began floating in the Pakistani social media ecosystem. The 30-second clip attempts to portray a Pakistani fighter jet bombing an Indian aircraft. It is being shared with multiple hashtags, including #PakArmyZindabad. A member of the national assembly of Pakistan, Mian Javed Latif, also shared the video.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ur\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%B4%D8%A7%DB%81%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88%DA%BA_%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0634\u0627\u06c1\u06cc\u0646\u0648\u06ba_\u06a9\u06cc_\u067e\u0631\u0648\u0627\u0632<\/a><br \/>\n\u0646\u0639\u0631\u06c1 \u062a\u06a9\u0628\u06cc\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u06c1 \u0627\u06a9\u0628\u0631<br \/>\n\u067e\u0644\u0679\u0646\u0627 \u067e\u0644\u0679 \u06a9\u0631 \u062c\u06be\u067e\u0679\u0646\u0627 \u0627\u0633\u06cc \u06a9\u0648 \u06a9\u06c1\u062a\u06d2 \u06c1\u06cc\u06ba<br \/>\n\u0627\u0633\u06d2 \u062a\u0628\u0627\u06c1 \u06a9\u0631\u062a\u06d2 \u06c1\u06cc\u06ba \u06c1\u0645 \u062f\u0634\u0645\u0646 \u06a9\u0648 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PakArmyZindabad?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PakArmyZindabad<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qrmAOKF1aX\">pic.twitter.com\/qrmAOKF1aX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mian javed Latif MNA (@javedlatifMNA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/javedlatifMNA\/status\/1100745875071139840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From a Twitter handle Moon Khan (@moonkhanpaki), the video received over 44,000 views.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Our great hero <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PakArmyZindabad?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PakArmyZindabad<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PakAirForceOurPride?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PakAirForceOurPride<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/co0RqmDyqL\">pic.twitter.com\/co0RqmDyqL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MOON KHAN \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf0 (@moonkhanpaki) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/moonkhanpaki\/status\/1100746464324653056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It attracted another 20,000 views from the account of one Azaz Sayed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PakistanAirForce?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PakistanAirForce<\/a> hitting the enemy. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PakAirForceOurPride?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PakAirForceOurPride<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gpbi1IH10W\">pic.twitter.com\/gpbi1IH10W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 azazsyed (@AzazSyed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AzazSyed\/status\/1100742487306653697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A few individual users have also shared the clip on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/syed.y.abbass\/videos\/vb.1670777466\/10211622153263986\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is the truth?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Alt News reverse-searched individual frames of the viral clip and found that it was created using at least two different videos.<\/p>\n<h4>Video 1<\/h4>\n<p>The first few seconds of the viral clip, where a pilot can be seen inside the fighter jet, have been picked up from a 2015 video uploaded by a Youtube channel Pakistan Defense. The description of the video reads,\u00a0<em>&#8220;Watch this amazing cockpit video of the F-16 shot with a GoPro camera. Aircraft flown by Wing Commander Azman Khalil from the 9th Griffins fighter squadron of the Pakistan Air Force based at PAF base Mushaf.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The part of the video lifted to create the viral clip starts at about <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Umw0Pf-ez8E?t=93\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1:33 minutes<\/a>. Furthermore, the background music in the original video has been changed with an audio commentary.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29393 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/pak-1-edited.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/pak-1-edited.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/pak-1-edited-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/pak-1-edited-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/pak-1-edited-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/pak-1-edited-990x518.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Video 2<\/h4>\n<p>The second video that we found was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y1lai4q52C4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uploaded by\u00a0<em>RT News\u00a0<\/em>in 2015<\/a> and described as &#8211;\u00a0<em>&#8220;The Royal Danish Air Force participated in an exercise involving an F-16 Fighting Falcon jet shooting down a remote Banshee 600 drone using guided missiles.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Two different parts of this video have been lifted and included in the viral clip. The first part starts at about <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/y1lai4q52C4?t=17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">0:17 seconds<\/a> in the original video.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29394 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/pak-2-edited.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/pak-2-edited.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/pak-2-edited-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/pak-2-edited-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/pak-2-edited-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/pak-2-edited-990x518.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The part where the viral clip\u00a0attempts to portray an Indian fighter jet bombed by a PAF missile starts at about <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/y1lai4q52C4?t=27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">0:27 seconds<\/a> in the original video.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29395 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/pak-3-edited.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/pak-3-edited.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/pak-3-edited-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/pak-3-edited-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/pak-3-edited-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/pak-3-edited-990x518.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since the start of the ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan, a massive information war is going on between the two countries, of which misinformation has become a prominent part on both sides (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/pakistani-media-shares-old-pictures-of-plane-crash-in-odisha-as-downed-iaf-plane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/multiple-indian-media-channels-play-old-footage-as-iaf-strike-on-jem-camps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 27, the Indian air force engaged Pakistani jets after they violated Indian air-space in which one IAF pilot was captured from PoK after his plane was shot down. Soon after, a\u00a0video began floating in the Pakistani social media ecosystem. The 30-second clip attempts to portray a Pakistani fighter jet bombing an Indian aircraft. 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