{"id":298278,"date":"2025-05-08T13:17:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T07:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=298278"},"modified":"2025-05-08T13:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T07:47:11","slug":"pakistani-media-misreport-used-old-images-of-2-iaf-fighter-jets-as-counter-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/pakistani-media-misreport-used-old-images-of-2-iaf-fighter-jets-as-counter-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani media shows old images of crashed IAF aircraft claiming Indian jets shot down post Op Sindoor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Within hours of the news break about India\u2019s Operation Sindoor targeting terrorist bases in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir on May 7, <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pakistani media and social media users shared several visuals linking them to the operation. One such image sowed two crashed fighter planes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A fortnight after a terrorist attack in Pahalgam had killed 26 people, Indian Armed Forces hit nine sites containing terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and PoK from where attacks against India had been planned and directed. The Union ministry of defence\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=2127370&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">described the action<\/a>\u00a0as \u201cfocused, measured and non-escalatory in nature\u201d, with no Pakistani military facilities having been targeted.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While covering the strikes, Pakistani news channel <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Iv5xEwfUqQ8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ARY News<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> ran images of two crashed planes and claimed that these were \u2018exclusive\u2019 images of the Pakistan Air Force shooting down Indian Air Force jets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-07T151519.043.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pakistani news outlet Pakistan Observer ran both the viral images and claimed that Pakistan had shot down five Indian fighter jets. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/Vxqce\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-07-140404.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pakistani news outlet Daily Times also published a viral picture of two crashed aircraft and claimed that Pakistani Air Force had shot down two Indian fighter jets in retaliation. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/GDqYa\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-07-140757.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Similarly, many social media <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/VwB9e\">users<\/a> also shared the viral picture and made the same claim. These handles also included that of well-known Pakistani journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/KgrSD\">Hamid Mir<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Fact Check<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A reverse image search of the viral picture on Google led us to another version of the first picture in an article by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/mig-21-fighter-jet-crash-iaf-pilot-dead-moga-7323967\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Indian Express<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> dated May 21, 2021. According to the report, Indian Air Force fighter pilot Squadron Leader Abhinav Chaudhary died when a MiG-21 fighter plane crashed in a village in Moga district of Punjab. He was involved in night training at the time of the accident. In other words, this picture is four-year old and has no connection to Operation Sindoor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-07-144600.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We also performed a reverse image search of the second viral picture and came across an article by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jagran.com\/rajasthan\/jaipur-iaf-mig-29-fighter-jet-crashes-in-barmer-rajasthan-during-training-mission-inquiry-ordered-23790005.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dainik Jagran<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> dated September 3, 2024. It stated that on September 2, during a routine night training mission of the Indian Air Force in the Barmer sector of Rajasthan, a serious technical fault occurred in the MiG-29. Due to this, the fighter jet crashed and the pilot was forced to eject. This makes it evident that this picture is also old and has no connection to Operation Sindoor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-07-150226.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">News agency IANS had also tweeted a video of this incident on September 2, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">During a routine night training mission in Barmer sector, an IAF MiG-29 encountered a critical technical snag, forcing the pilot to eject. The pilot is safe and no loss of life or property was reported. A Court of Inquiry has been ordered: IAF <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y9vPcqpWhU\">pic.twitter.com\/Y9vPcqpWhU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 IANS (@ians_india) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ians_india\/status\/1830658171817677162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To sum up, Pakistani media outlets shared old pictures of fighter planes crashing during routine training of the Indian Air Force and falsely claimed that the Pakistani Air Force shot down two fighter jets of the Indian Air Force.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Within hours of the news break about India\u2019s Operation Sindoor targeting terrorist bases in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir on May 7, Pakistani media and social media users shared several visuals linking them to the operation. One such image sowed two crashed fighter planes. 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