Pilot injured in 2019 IAF crash video viral as Operation Sindoor
A video from February 2019, showing an injured IAF pilot being rescued by locals after his plane crashed in Karnataka, has gone viral with the false claim that it shows him injured after Pakistan shot down Indian Rafale jets involved in Operation Sindoor. BOOM fact-checked the video and confirmed it is from a 2019 IAF jet crash during a sortie in Bengaluru.