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Mar 4 • 7 tweets • 7 min read

#FakeNews alert!!!⚠️
#FactCheck: Misleading image linked to 2019 Pakistan's #OperationSwiftRetort.

We did a fact check on the image linked on some online posts and found it to be from 2015.

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Claim: A photo of an Indian fighter jet is claimed as aftermath of #OperationSwiftRetort.

Fact: The image of crashed jet is actually from 2015 where an Indian trainer jet crashed in Odisha state on June 3, 2015.

A trend started on Feb 26-27, 2022 on Twitter to highlight Pakistan's #OperationSwiftRetort in response to India's #BalakotAirStrike. Amid several posts, we found some posts featuring an image of a crashed fighter jet as if its result of an aftermath of the operation by Pakistan.

On reverse image search & keyword search we were able to zero in to June 3, 2015 where an Indian trainer fighter jet was crashed in Indian state of Odisha. It was also covered in an article by #IndianMedia NDTV.
ndtv.com/india-news/air…

Below is a screenshot comparison of the images linked on misleading posts and the 2015 article reporting about the actual incident.

Conclusion: The images being linked with #OperationSwiftRetort is misleading. The image is actually from June 3, 2015 where an Indian trainer jet crashed in Odisha state of India.

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