Claim: Photo showing Air India plane to be the sole plane flying above the Russia-Ukraine war zone.
Fact-check: Amidst Russia-Ukraine crisis, Ukraine airspace is closed for all civilian flights including that of India's - FACTLY
Verdict: ever since russia announced military operations in ukraine on 24 february 2022, ukraine airspace remained closed to all civilian air traffic including india's. the flight path of air india's ai121, which travels from new delhi to frankfurt does not go above ukraine's airspace since the closure of ukraine's airspace. the photo had been shared by a twitter user named quebectango on 24 february 2022, who later said the flight path shown was actually a glitch in a flight tracking application. as part of operation ganga, india's evacuation flights are landing in ukraine's neighbouring countries like hungary, poland, romania to bring stranded indians from ukraine. hence, the claim made in the post is misleading.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Abhishek Mandadi
Date published: 2022-03-02T11:29:41