Visuals From Bengaluru Airport Falsely Shared as That of Arunachal Pradesh
The video shows the new Terminal 2 of the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru.
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A short clip showing glimpses of an airport made of wooden structures, with greenery inside is being shared on social media.
What are people claiming?: Social media users are sharing the 41-second clip to claim that it shows Arunachal Pradesh's soon to be inaugurated Donyi Polo Airport in Itanagar.
(Archives of more claims can be seen here, here, and here.)
What is the truth?: The video shows visuals of Terminal 2 of Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, 11 November.
How did we find out?: We divided the video into keyframes on INVid, a video verification tool, and ran reverse image searches on them.
This led us to a LinkedIn post by PM Modi, who shared similar photos mentioning that they showed Terminal 2 of the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
We compared one of the photos to a screenshot from the viral claim, and saw that some structures – like a drum-like installation and hangings – resembled one another.
Both stills show similarities in layout and design.
(Source: Twitter/Altered by The Quint)
Bengaluru Airport's verified Twitter account retweeted a similar post shared by PM Modi's account.
The airport's verifiedaccount retweeted visuals shared by PM Modi.
(Source: Twitter/Screenshot)
We looked for more visuals of the airport and found a video by CNBC-TV 18, which showed stills of the airport and explained its features.
What about the airport in Arunachal Pradesh?: The Donyi Polo Airport in Arunachal Pradesh's Itanagar is set to be inaugurated soon.
The entrance of Itanagar's airport features a bird resembling a giant hornbill – the state's bird – made of bamboo, as seen in this tweet shared by the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
The Donyi Polo Airportat Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.
The Donyi Polo Airportat Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.
Conclusion: The video shows the newly inaugurated Terminal 2 of the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru and not Arunachal Pradesh's Donyi Polo Airport.
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