{"id":72640,"date":"2020-08-08T16:12:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T10:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=72640"},"modified":"2020-08-08T16:12:20","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T10:42:20","slug":"air-india-crash-malappuram-collector-terms-news-of-40-passengers-testing-covid-positive-fake-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/air-india-crash-malappuram-collector-terms-news-of-40-passengers-testing-covid-positive-fake-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Air India crash: Malappuram Collector terms news of 40 passengers testing COVID positive &#8220;fake news&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi published a story on August 8 claiming that 40 victims of the Air India Express plane crash at Kozhikode International Airport tested positive for coronavirus. The article is now deleted but the tweet <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mathrubhuminews\/status\/1291941591045693440\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">remains<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/vVsGW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-72642 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/download-76.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"588\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/download-76.png 588w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/download-76-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/download-76-414x276.png 414w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/download-76-470x313.png 470w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/download-76-130x86.png 130w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/download-76-187x124.png 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Purav Patel, who identifies as a senior special correspondent at News Nation, also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/purav222\/status\/1291957133999628293\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">claimed<\/a> that 40 passengers tested positive.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-72646 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/721c0793-29e2-4afe-b875-44fdf8cc18a1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1009\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/721c0793-29e2-4afe-b875-44fdf8cc18a1.jpg 1009w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/721c0793-29e2-4afe-b875-44fdf8cc18a1-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/721c0793-29e2-4afe-b875-44fdf8cc18a1-768x446.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/721c0793-29e2-4afe-b875-44fdf8cc18a1-990x575.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News contacted the Malappuram Collectorate&#8217;s office and was told that the claim is &#8220;fake news&#8221;. This was also tweeted by the District Collector in the afternoon of August 8.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FakeNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FakeNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CCJaccident?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CCJaccident<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CalicutAirCrash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CalicutAirCrash<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AirIndia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AirIndia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KozhikodeAirCrash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KozhikodeAirCrash<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CMOKerala?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CMOKerala<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bmuuk9TWdq\">pic.twitter.com\/Bmuuk9TWdq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 District collector, Malappuram (@CollectorMlpm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollectorMlpm\/status\/1292022388490567680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As per the latest update, one out of the at least 18 deceased tested COVID positive.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">All the accident victims will be tested for COVID including those who died in the crash. So far, only one victim has tested positive for Coronavirus: Kerala Chief Minister&#8217;s Office (CMO)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1292032604611346434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/air-india-express-kozhikode-calicut-crash-live-updates-6544679\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PTI report<\/a>, at least two passengers also tested positive for coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>There are no credible news reports which claim that 40 passengers were found to be COVID positive. The same has also been denied by the local government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi published a story on August 8 claiming that 40 victims of the Air India Express plane crash at Kozhikode International Airport tested positive for coronavirus. The article is now deleted but the tweet remains (archive). 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