Claim: Videos showing dramatic plane crashes regularly go viral on social media. Sometimes, however, they are actually computer-generated scenes from flight simulation programs. But that isn't necessarily obvious when these clips are viewed out of context – for example, while scrolling through social media on a mobile phone. AFP Fact Check shares a few clues to help you quickly tell the difference between real footage and simulations.
Fact-check: Seen a dramatic video of a plane crash? Here's how to spot if it's a flight simulation
Verdict: seen a dramatic video of a plane crash? here's how to spot if it's a flight simulation
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Gaelle Faure
Date published: 2022-05-05T12:48:00