Fact-check: Viral video of jetliner crash over homes not from Elmina
This article is a year old
A video showing a large jetliner crashing over roofs of terrace homes is a computer-generated moving image (CGI), and not of the light aircraft crash in Elmina, Selangor, yesterday.
According to fact-checking outfit Faqcheck Lab, the CGI video was first uploaded to YouTube Shorts on June 9, 2023, more than two months ago.
The CGI video is...
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