{"id":298749,"date":"2025-05-12T17:05:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T11:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=298749"},"modified":"2025-05-12T17:05:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T11:35:54","slug":"zee-news-shares-old-image-of-turkiye-as-first-image-of-pakistani-pilot-captured-india-pak-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/zee-news-shares-old-image-of-turkiye-as-first-image-of-pakistani-pilot-captured-india-pak-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"Zee News, others showed 2016 image from Turkey as Pakistani pilot captured by India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amid the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UwexNl7UpHs\">Zee News<\/a> on May 9 showed an image of what it claimed was a Pakistani pilot captured by the Indian Army. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/GUqG6\"><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\/ZEE-NEWS--1024x767.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1uFT9s2AiXw\">Zee Rajasthan News<\/a> also used the same image in its reporting with a similar claim. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/YWoXf\"><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\/ZEE-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5--1024x907.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This picture was also used in a report by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inkhabar.com\/national\/pakistani-fighter-jet-destroyed-pilot-captured-picture-surfaces\/#\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Inkhabar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> News. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/sWGdp\"><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-2025-05-09T182118.361-960x1024.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Among others who shared the image with the same claim are BJP MLA from Jabalpur, Panagar, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/indutiwarijbp\/status\/1920554048920457639\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sushil Kumar Tiwari alias Indu Bhaiya<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Abhishek Asthana who runs the X handle @GabbbarSingh, and BJP supporter Jitendra Pratap Singh. However, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/Nj2PJ#selection-603.0-603.40\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">@GabbbarSingh<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> later deleted the post. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/Nj2PJ#selection-603.0-603.40\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link 1<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/Eeh84\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">link 2<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) Apart from this, X handle <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IndiaWarMonitor\/status\/1920542696101306551\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">@IndiaWarMonitor<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> also amplified this picture. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/oUG5b\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link 1<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/LyGG1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">link 2<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-298749 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><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\/zee-news-shares-old-image-of-turkiye-as-first-image-of-pakistani-pilot-captured-india-pak-conflict\/%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%a4%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%a6%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b0-737x1024\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"737\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/\u091c\u093f\u0924\u0947\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930-737x1024-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/\u091c\u093f\u0924\u0947\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930-737x1024-1.jpg 737w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/\u091c\u093f\u0924\u0947\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930-737x1024-1-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div 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href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/zee-news-shares-old-image-of-turkiye-as-first-image-of-pakistani-pilot-captured-india-pak-conflict\/inida-war-827x1024\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"827\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/INIDA-WAR-827x1024-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/INIDA-WAR-827x1024-1.jpg 827w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/INIDA-WAR-827x1024-1-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/INIDA-WAR-827x1024-1-768x951.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><\/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\/zee-news-shares-old-image-of-turkiye-as-first-image-of-pakistani-pilot-captured-india-pak-conflict\/%e0%a4%87%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%a6%e0%a5%81-%e0%a4%a4%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%80-773x1024\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"773\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/\u0907\u0902\u0926\u0941-\u0924\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0930\u0940-773x1024-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/\u0907\u0902\u0926\u0941-\u0924\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0930\u0940-773x1024-1.jpg 773w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/\u0907\u0902\u0926\u0941-\u0924\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0930\u0940-773x1024-1-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/\u0907\u0902\u0926\u0941-\u0924\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0930\u0940-773x1024-1-768x1017.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a now deleted post, right wing influencer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/hylXd\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alok Tiwari<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> claimed that this was the first picture of the captured Pakistani pilot. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/hylXd\"><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-2025-05-09T153631.203-590x1024.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A YouTube channel named <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YR_JXf53KMA?si=iUW_VoCijDjJ15wR\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2018Dekho Dekho\u2019<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which has more than 16 Lakh subscribers, made a similar claim while promoting the viral image.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Fact Check<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alt News performed a reverse image search of the alleged picture. It had been uploaded on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.in\/detail\/news-photo\/turkish-millitary-personnel-arrive-near-a-turkish-f16-war-news-photo\/629360812?adppopup=true\">Getty Images<\/a> website on December 12, 2016. According to the information provided here, this photograph was taken by AFP journalist Ilyas Akengin. It shows Turkish military personnel safely evacuating a pilot from a plane near a crashed Turkish F16 fighter jet on December 12, 2016.<\/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\/te-1024x775.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to news agency <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/maailm.postimees.ee\/3944055\/turgi-kaguosas-kukkus-alla-turgi-havitaja-piloot-katapulteerus\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Postimees<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the F-16 fighter plane that took off for training from the southeastern city of Diyarbakir crashed shortly after it had left the runway.\u00a0<\/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\/OSTIMEE-1024x755.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In other words, the image in question is about nine-year-old. This picture went viral amid the escalating India-Pakistan tensions when Indian media houses ran the image without any verification and described it as a Pakistani pilot captured alive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: <\/strong><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/aaj-tak-ndtv-india-tv-and-other-shared-four-years-old-footage-from-israel-as-recent-india-pakistan-tension-jaisalmer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aaj Tak, NDTV and others ran a four-year-old video as an aerial fight over Jaisalmer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, Zee News on May 9 showed an image of what it claimed was a Pakistani pilot captured by the Indian Army. (Archived link) Zee Rajasthan News also used the same image in its reporting with a similar claim. 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