{"id":299323,"date":"2025-05-24T16:14:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T10:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=299323"},"modified":"2025-05-29T02:51:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T21:21:49","slug":"false-claim-of-pakistan-captured-indian-pilot-goes-viral-with-a-2023-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-of-pakistan-captured-indian-pilot-goes-viral-with-a-2023-image\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo from 2023 IAF plane crash peddled by Pakistani social media users as Indian pilot captured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the height of the India-Pakistan armed conflict, several Pakistani X accounts on May 10 shared a picture of a woman in army uniform. It was claimed by users who shared the photo that Pakistan had captured an Indian female pilot. X user Dr. Taha posted this picture with the same claim. (<a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/uybOL\">Archived Link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Indian \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 female pilot captured <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NaAMfxGE2E\">pic.twitter.com\/NaAMfxGE2E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Taha \u0686\u06cc\u0645\u06c1 (@MuhammadTahaCh1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MuhammadTahaCh1\/status\/1921112462016815151?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">X account Chand Sitara also posted this picture with the same claim. However, the user deleted the post later. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/btIA0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-wrap-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-92821\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-12-115936.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"713\" height=\"796\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/laiba_81\/status\/1921116495846723715\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another X account<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> shared this picture with a similar claim.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-wrap-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-92822\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-12-120051.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"781\" height=\"797\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/search?q=%23BREAKING%3A%20First%20image%20of%20downed%20female%20Indian%20Rafale%20pilot%20in%20Pakistan.%20Islam%20teaches%20to%20treat%20women%20with%20respect%20%26%20dignity.&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=media\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Numerous X users<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> also posted this picture taking a dig at India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-wrap-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-92823\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/female-piolet-compressed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"2560\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>What is the Truth Behind the Image?<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While investigating the viral image, Alt News came across a video report by The News Minute dated June 1, 2023. The video contained visuals of the wreckage of a plane crash along with the viral image. According to the caption, the visuals depicted an Indian Air Force (IAF) Kiran training aircraft which crashed on June 1 in the Bhogpur village of the Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka. However, before the crash, flight instructor Wing Commander Tejpal and trainee pilot Bhumika were able to safely evacuate from the aircraft.<\/span><\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"IAF\u2019s trainer aircraft crashes in Chamarajanagar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fhb1aFSt1MQ?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<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Indian Air Force had also tweeted about this on June 1, 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A Kiran trainer aircraft of the IAF crashed near Chamrajnagar, Karnataka today, while on a routine training sortie. Both aircrew ejected safely. A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IAF_MCC\/status\/1664172385959018498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starofmysore.com\/trainer-jet-crashes-in-chamarajanagar\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Star of Mysore<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> published an article covering this and shared pictures of the incident, which also included the viral image.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-wrap-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-92831\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-12-140742.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"747\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PIBFactCheck\/status\/1921800824050626748?t=zxOtRHz85gtoCkUH-Bnzhw&amp;s=08\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PIB Fact Check<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the fact-checking wing of Union government&#8217;s press information bureau, shared a tweet explaining the truth behind the photo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To sum up, the viral picture is of an IAF aircraft crash that took place in a village in Karnataka on June 1, 2023.\u00a0 It is being falsely shared by Pakistani users who claim that a Indian woman pilot had been captured.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the same time, another <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpotsWriter\/status\/1921074219040879060?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">video clip<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was being widely shared with the same claim. In the video, a person is seen stuck in a tree with a parachute. Alt News found this clip in a post by Samachar First dated <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SamacharFirst\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">March 16, 2025<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Hence, this clip also has nothing to do with the recent armed conflict between India and Pakistan.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the height of the India-Pakistan armed conflict, several Pakistani X accounts on May 10 shared a picture of a woman in army uniform. It was claimed by users who shared the photo that Pakistan had captured an Indian female pilot. X user Dr. Taha posted this picture with the same claim. 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