Digital artwork falsely shared as ‘plane crash caught on camera’
Digital artwork has frequently been passed off on social media as dramatic images of disasters. In one recent example, an image appearing to show an airplane crashing onto a suspension bridge has been shared globally in posts that falsely portrayed it as a genuine incident “caught on camera”. It was actually created by a Canada-based digital artist and published online in November 2009.
“This isn’t a MOVIE, it’s real life. Thread of horrific plane crashes caught on camera (Don’t open if you are scared of flying),” read the caption of a Facebook post published by a Thai user on October 24, 2024.
The post shared an image appearing to show a large commercial aircraft the moment it crashes onto a suspension bridge, with several cars driving towards the aircraft.
The image was also shared alongside similar claims in posts written in English, Indonesian, Urdu, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic.
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