Claim: Pakistan International Airlines’ pilot mistakenly landed a Peshawar-bound flight in Karachi. Fact: The flight landed in Karachi due to technical issues in the aircraft. A Facebook user shared a video (archive) of angry passengers on an airplane, with the caption: کا پائیلٹ پشاور جانے والی فلائیٹ کو غلطی سے کراچی لے آیا // کیا […]
Claim: A video shows a beggar who entered an aeroplane in Karachi. Fact: A beggar did not enter an aeroplane in Karachi. The video in question shows a Qatar Airways flight from the Qatari capital Doha to Shiraz, Iran. On 13 September 2023, Soch Fact Check received a WhatsApp message containing a video that shows […]
Claim: Two videos show Airport Security Force (ASF) officials misbehaving and manhandling passengers at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport. Fact: The viral video is actually two separate clips clubbed together; the first, depicting women being manhandled, is from a 2017 incident in Rawalpindi, not Karachi, whereas the second is from 2018. On 15 January 2023, Facebook […]