Fact check: Are these videos related to missing Nepal plane?
New Delhi, May 29: A Nepalese private airlines plane carrying 22 people on board, including four Indians, went missing in the mountainous region of the Himalayan nation after it took off from the tourist city of Pokhara on Sunday morning, officials said.
The Twin Otter 9N-AET plane belonging to Tara Air, which took off at 10:15 am from Pokhara, lost contact with the tower 15 minutes after it flew, according to a spokesperson at the Tara Air, PTI reported.
There are four Indian nationals, two Germans and 13 Nepali passengers besides a three member Nepali crew, said Sudarshan Bartaula, spokesperson at the airlines.
Fake
Videos
in
Circulation
On
the
other
hand,
there
are
some
YouTube
channels
which
have
shared
clips
of
videos
claiming
that
those
are
related
to
the
latest
incident.
However,
people
should
not
fall
prey
to
those
fake
clips
as
the
search
operation
is
still
on,
as
per
Ram
Kumar
Dani,
DSP
of
District
Police
Office.
He
has
told
news
agency
ANI
that
a
helicopter
has
been
deployed
to
the
area
for
the
search
operation.
So
far,
the
concerned
authorities
have
not
given
a
statement
about
finding
the
missing
plane.
Also, netizens have to note that no authentic news channel has carried the clipping of the incident, yet.
Fact Check
Claim
Video of missing 9N-AET plane belonging to Tara Air.
Conclusion
The clippings in the YouTube videos have not links to the latest incident.