{"id":61419,"date":"2020-03-21T16:24:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T10:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=61419"},"modified":"2020-03-21T16:24:56","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T10:54:56","slug":"hostage-rescue-drill-video-at-senegal-airport-viral-with-coronavirus-spin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hostage-rescue-drill-video-at-senegal-airport-viral-with-coronavirus-spin\/","title":{"rendered":"Hostage rescue drill video at Senegal airport viral with coronavirus spin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 15-second video of people at an airport has gone viral. In the video, people sitting or lying on the ground and getting assistance from a team presumably of emergency workers. At the four-second mark, we can hear a woman cough. The video is circulating with the text &#8220;The Ethiopian Airlines flight \ud83d\udeec\u2708from Italy this evening to Addis Ababa airport. Most of the passengers are infected with the virus, and there is no strength except in God.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A Twitter user uploaded the viral video on March 18.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Information?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Information<\/a><br \/>\nThe Ethiopian Airlines flight \ud83d\udeec\u2708from Italy this evening to Addis Ababa airport. Most of the passengers are infected with the virus, and there is no strength except in God. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ccAvKzi6jq\">pic.twitter.com\/ccAvKzi6jq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Azmath sultan \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3INC (@sultan_azmath) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sultan_azmath\/status\/1240311912253911040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alt News also noticed that the viral video has been shared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top?q=he%20Ethiopian%20Airlines%20flight%20%F0%9F%9B%AC%E2%9C%88from%20Italy%20this%20evening%20to%20Addis%20Ababa%20airport.%20Most%20of%20the%20passengers%20are%20infected%20with%20the%20virus%2C%20and%20there%20is%20no%20strength%20except%20in%20God\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61422 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-20-at-2.36.58-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1072\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-20-at-2.36.58-PM.png 1072w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-20-at-2.36.58-PM-300x78.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-20-at-2.36.58-PM-1024x266.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-20-at-2.36.58-PM-768x199.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-20-at-2.36.58-PM-990x257.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1072px) 100vw, 1072px\" \/><\/h4>\n<p>We have received several requests to fact-check the video on WhatsApp (+917600011160) and on our <a title=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews\" data-from-md=\"\">official Android application<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61520 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/flight-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1315\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/flight-1.png 1315w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/flight-1-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/flight-1-1024x296.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/flight-1-768x222.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/flight-1-990x286.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1315px) 100vw, 1315px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News found the viral video on a November 2019 article by <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dakaractu.com\/Diass-Test-grandeur-nature-du-plan-d-urgence-de-l-Aeroport-Dakar-Blaise-Diagne_a180088.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dakaractu<\/a>,<\/em> a French TV channel. According to the article, the video is from Blaise Diagne International Airport in Senegal. It is 43 kilometres from Dakar. The video shows a hostage-taking scenario drill. The 15-second viral video has been made from editing the first 43 seconds of the video uploaded by <em>Dakaractu<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Diass : Test grandeur nature du plan d\u2019urgence de l\u2019A\u00e9roport Dakar Blaise Diagne\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lp4HRSBlP9g?start=43&#038;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><\/p>\n<p>Alt News analysed the viral video using InVid, a video verification tool and performed a reverse image search on Google. This led us to a March 13 fact-check report by <a href=\"https:\/\/observers.france24.com\/en\/20200313-senegal-coronavirus-debunked-people-panic-covid-19-case-dakar-airport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>France 24<\/em><\/a> which in turn led us to the video uploaded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dakaractu.com\/Diass-Test-grandeur-nature-du-plan-d-urgence-de-l-Aeroport-Dakar-Blaise-Diagne_a180088.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Dakaractu<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61442 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-20-at-4.01.41-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"972\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-20-at-4.01.41-PM.png 972w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-20-at-4.01.41-PM-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-20-at-4.01.41-PM-768x540.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 972px) 100vw, 972px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>France 24 <\/em>reported, &#8220;It turns out that this video actually shows a training exercise carried out in November 2019 at Blaise Diagne Airport in Dakar where police, gendarmes and members of staff had to practise what they\u2019d do in case of a hostage-taking scenario, according to site Thi\u00e8s Info. The actors taking part in the simulation are all wearing red armbands.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the claim made that video shows people suffering from coronavirus after an &#8220;Ethiopian Airlines flight landed from Italy this evening to Addis Ababa&#8221; is false and misleading.<\/p>\n<p>As world-wide coronavirus pandemic continues, Alt News has been debunking misinformation related to it circulating online. To check these stories out, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?s=coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 15-second video of people at an airport has gone viral. In the video, people sitting or lying on the ground and getting assistance from a team presumably of emergency workers. At the four-second mark, we can hear a woman cough. 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