2019 Video of an Injured Indian Pilot Falsely Linked to Operation Sindoor
This video is from 2019 when IAF's two Surya Kiran Aerobatic team planes collided mid air and crashed in Bengaluru.
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A video showing an injured pilot is going viral on social media to claim that this is a recent video linked to Operation Sindoor.
What's the truth?: This video is from 2019 when two IAF's Surya Kiran Aerobatic team planes collided mid air and crashed in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
How did we find out the truth?: We performed a relevant keyword search on Google which did not bring up any credible reports carrying this visual.
Next we performed a reverse image search using some of the keyframes of viral video which led us to old videos shared in February 2019.
This was shared by TV9 Kannada and KARAVALI TV and it states that the video shows locals rescuing a pilot after two Surya Kiran Jets of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Bengaluru.
Taking a cue, we performed a relevant keyword search on Google which led us to more reports about this incident.
Deccan Herald, The News Minute and The Print stated that two Hawk aircraft of the Surya Kiran Aerobatics Team crashed during a rehearsal near the Yelahanka Air Force base ahead of the Aero India show in Bengaluru in 2019.
The IAF confirmed that two of the three pilots on board the aircraft had ejected, but the third sustained fatal injuries.
Conclusion: An old video from 2019 showing an injured pilot is being falsely linked to Operation Sindoor.
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