Mauritanian Plane Crash False Claims

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Unrelated images shared with false claims of deadly Mauritanian plane crash heading to Mecca

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Claims of a Mauritanian plane carrying pilgrims crashed on their way to Mecca in June 2025 are false.

Images of a burning plane were shared on social media alongside claims that the plane crashed, killing over 200 people.

One of the photographs dates back 18 years to an unrelated event in the Republic of the Congo , while a second image shows an air disaster in South Korea from December 2024 .

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