This video shows a Myanmar military aircraft that crashed in 2016, not 2021
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- Published on June 17, 2021 at 04:00
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- By AFP Thailand
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The video was published here on Facebook on June 10, 2021. It has been viewed more than 500,000 times.
The video shows the same one-minute 17-second clip on a loop for almost three hours. It features rescue workers carrying bodies and a Red Cross representative speaking to journalists.
“The plane crash near Pyin Oo Lwin that killed 12 people and injured two others,” the post's Burmese-language caption reads.
The claim circulated online after a Myanmar military plane crash killed 12 people in Pyin Oo Lwin township on June 10, 2021. The aircraft was carrying a senior monk and several donors to a religious event, AFP reported.
The video was shared alongside a similar claim on Facebook here, here, here, and here.
The claim, however, is false.
Keywords search found this video published on Facebook by Myanmar news agency Mizzima on February 10, 2016.
The video's caption translates to English as: “Security forces carrying the dead bodies of a major, two captains, and one lieutenant sergeant, who were killed in the military plane crash that landed in the bean field near Kyan Khin Village, Shwe Pyi Thar village tract, Lewe township, Naypyidaw at 9:41 on February 10, 2016. (Video by Nay Thar/ Mizzima)”.
Five Myanmar military officers were killed after an air force propeller plane crashed in the capital Naypyidaw on February 10, 2016, AFP reported at the time.
Below are screenshot comparisons of the photo in the misleading post (L) and Mizzima’s video (R):
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