DeTect: Old video falsely shared as General Bipin Rawat’s chopper crash
On Dec 8, the IAF tweeted the news that an IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter, with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on board, met with an accident near Coonoor.
By : migrator
Update: 2021-12-08 20:27 GMT
Chennai
In the backdrop of this, a video of a chopper in flames was shared and it was claimed that it shows the recent crash.
Alt News found the video is from Feb 2020. It shows Syria Arab Air Force’s Mi-17 shot down by the Turkish Army near the Syrian town of Al-Nayrab.
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