A manipulated image of an airborne helicopter on fire has been shared in posts that falsely claimed it shows the aircraft that carried Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi moments before it crashed in May 2024, killing everyone on board. The Iranian leader's helicopter also had different features from the one pictured in the posts.
A manipulated image of an airborne helicopter on fire has been shared in posts that falsely claimed it shows the aircraft that carried Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi moments before it crashed in May 2024, killing everyone on board. The Iranian leader's helicopter also had different features from the one pictured in the posts.There were no survivors among the nine people on board the aircraft.
Credited to"Giorgio Calderato", the caption read:"09/09/2012 Valdagno aerial photographic surveys with helicopter. Amprion GmbH is an important transmission system operator in Europe and operates a German extra-high voltage grid with a length of 11.000 km".The image was uploaded on March 24, 2015, and was credited to"giocalde" – which blends Giorgio Calderato's given name and surname.
AFP has highlighted the helicopter bodies and landing skids in the screenshot comparison below of the photo shared in false posts and the image provided by IRNA :Screenshot comparison between the photo shared in false posts and the photo provided by IRNA https://www.youtube.com/embed/Bg6civieyvk
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