A viral tweet claims that an Mi-17 helicopter has crashed in Ladakh, where India and China are currently engaged in a tense stand-off at the Line of Actual Control.
“Indian MI 17 Helicopter has crashed in Ladakh. I’m sure that they have crossed the line,” said a user named Engin Altan Duzyatan on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/eadksk__0/status/1305181622120198144?s=20
Meanwhile, debunking the fake news, PIB clarified, “The claim is #Fake. The wreckage exhibited is of a helicopter crash that happened in 2018 near Kedarnath, Uttarakhand. No such incident has taken place recently anywhere in #Ladakh.”
Claim:A viral tweet claims that an @IAF_MCC's MI-17 Helicopter has crashed in Ladakh.#PIBFactCheck:The claim is #Fake. The wreckage exhibited is of a helicopter crash that happened in 2018 near Kedarnath, Uttarakhand. No such incident has taken place recently anywhere in #Ladakh pic.twitter.com/ICXX8zO9ZO
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) September 15, 2020