Does a video show ‘final moment’ of South Korean plane before crashing in Muan?

[ad_1] A video emerged in Chinese language-language social media posts that declare it reveals the “remaining second” of the South Korean airplane that crashed within the metropolis of Muan on Dec. 29.

However the declare is fake. The video the truth is has been shared on-line as early as September, months earlier than the lethal airplane crash.

The video was shared on Douyin, the Chinese language model of TikTok, on Dec. 31, in addition to on Weibo. The Weibo submit has been taken down.

“179 folks on the Korean airplane have been killed, the worst airplane catastrophe in South Korea. The previous few minutes earlier than the airplane exploded,” the caption of the video reads.

The clip seems to have been filmed inside a airplane, with oxygen masks falling from above passenger seats. A number of passengers are seen holding their cellphones and filming, and a few passengers seem like chanting.

Some Chinese language social media customers claimed this video confirmed the “remaining second” of the South Korean airplane that crashed within the metropolis of Muan on Dec. 29. (Douyin and Weibo) The video and the declare started to flow into after the Jeju Air flight carrying 181 folks crashed in a ball of flames because it was making an attempt to land within the South Korean metropolis of Muan on Dec. 29, killing all however two of these on board in one of many nation’s worst ever air disasters.

However the declare is fake.

Previous video

A reverse picture search discovered the video had been shared on-line as early as September, months earlier than the lethal airplane crash, as seen right here and right here.

Russian state media Sputnik’s Arabic version reported in September that the footage confirmed the scene of an Air Algerie flight to Istanbul returning an hour after takeoff resulting from a technical fault, inflicting panic among the many passengers on board. The Air Algerie airplane landed safely.

Clues within the clip

A better examination of the video reveals that the crew members are wearing blue uniforms, and the seats are additionally blue, which isn't per Jeju Air’s signature white and orange shade scheme.

Moreover, passengers may be heard chanting within the video, however the language they're utilizing is just not Korean. In keeping with South Korean and Thai authorities, among the many 181 passengers aboard the crashed Jeju Air flight, two have been Thai nationals, whereas the remainder have been Korean.

A Korean-speaking journalist from AFCL additionally confirmed that the chanting within the video is unrecognizable and was not within the Korean language.

Edited by Taejun Kang.

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