{"id":75380,"date":"2020-09-14T17:57:02","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T12:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=75380"},"modified":"2020-09-14T17:59:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T12:29:10","slug":"old-images-of-mirage-2000-crash-viral-as-two-pilots-dead-in-rafale-crash-at-ambala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-images-of-mirage-2000-crash-viral-as-two-pilots-dead-in-rafale-crash-at-ambala\/","title":{"rendered":"Old images of Mirage 2000 crash viral as two pilots dead in Rafale crash during training"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a> users have shared multiple images of a jet crash along with the claim, “Breaking news: one Rafale jet crash in India during training. 2 pilots dead.”<\/p>\n

A Twitter user posted the viral images with a similar claim. (archived link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Indian Rafale jet crash during training.
\n2 pilots dead!!!
\nWhat will happen to our invitation for chai??? pic.twitter.com\/oSqC2a1w1r<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Dr Fatima K – PTI (FOLLOW 4 ANY MEDICAL ADVICE ) (@p4pakipower) September 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Indian government has signed a deal to procure 36 Rafale jets from French aerospace major Dassault Aviation. “Five Rafale jets, including two twin-seaters, had landed on 29 July at the Ambala Air Force Station, home of the first squadron of the French fighters,” reported The Print<\/a>. The second batch of Rafale jets, likely to be four in number, is set to arrive in October.<\/p>\n

The claim that a Rafale jet crashed during training was also shared<\/a> in Urdu by a Twitter user. It has been retweeted over 500 times since September 5. (archived link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Some users have also posted a screenshot allegedly by the verified Twitter account of the Indian Air Force. The tweet reads, “Very shocked news! During exercise, Rafale has crashed near Ambala Airforce Station due to technical fault and a pilot martyred.” As per the screenshot it was posted on September 4. A Twitter user who claims to be Pakistani posted<\/a> the screenshot. (archived link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Fact-check<\/h4>\n

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Alt News performed a reverse image search and found that this was published by OMMCOM NEWS<\/a> in their July 29 article. As per the article, hours after Rafale aircraft landed at the Ambala airbase in Haryana, the local administration imposed prohibitory orders, banning photography of assets and Rafale aircraft, and beefed up security. The article is a syndicated copy from IANS. However, there is no photo credit. Alt News found that the image was also published by India.com<\/a> in 2017. As per this article’s photo credit, the image is a representational image of a Rafale jet.
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