Image Doesn’t Show Plane Smuggled From Afghanistan to Pakistan
The Claim
The image below shows a plane being smuggled via truck from Afghanistan to Pakistan.
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The claim went viral in late September 2021.
Misbar’s Analysis
MENA: We conducted a reverse image search and found that the image was first posted online several years ago. It actually depicts a military aircraft that crashed in Afghanistan on October 3, 2017.
According to Aviation Safety: “A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan operated by the Afghan Air Force sustained substantial damage in an accident at Nili Airport, Daykundi Province, Afghanistan. The aircraft had dropped off the new provincial governor at Nili and had just departed when a forced landing was carried out by the crew due to ‘technical reasons.’ The aircraft came to rest off the airstrip. The nose landing gear had collapsed and the propeller was damaged.”
The image has nothing to do with the recent Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
