Claim: Video of an Indian soldier who lost his life because of a parachute failure.
Fact-check: Old video of an IAF Flight Lieutenant falsely shared as Indian soldier losing his life due to parachute failure - FACTLY
Verdict: the post shared an old video of flight lieutenant abhilash, who managed to eject safely from the indian air force mirage 2000 aircraft before a crash at a village in madhya pradesh's bhind district in october 2021. indian air force in a statement said that the mirage 2000 aircraft crashed because of a technical malfunction and informed that the pilot had ejected safely before the crash. hence, the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Dilip Kumar Sripada
Date published: 2023-03-13T13:11:09