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Fact Check: Old Kenya Video Shared As Visuals Of Modi Supporter Hanging Onto The PM's Helicopter

A viral video shows a man hanging from a helicopter, falsely claiming to depict a Modi supporter in India. The video from 2016 shows a Kenyan man clinging to a helicopter landing skid in Bungoma.

Fact Check: As India approaches the final phase of its 2024 Lok Sabha elections, political leaders are intensifying their public meetings. Amid all this, a video has gone viral on social media showing a man hanging onto a helicopter. It is claimed that the video depicts a supporter of PM Modi clinging to the landing skid of Modi’s helicopter. In this article, we fact-check this claim.


Fact Check: Old Kenya Video Shared As Visuals Of Modi Supporter Hanging Onto The PM's Helicopter

An archived version of this can be found here

Claim: Video of a Modi fan hanging onto the landing skid of Modi’s helicopter.

Fact: This is a video from 2016. This incident happened in Kenya’s Bungoma during a mourning ceremony for a Kenyan businessman. When a helicopter carrying his dead body was taking off from the ceremony location, a man named ‘Saleh Wanjala’ held onto its landing skid and dangled as it flew. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.

To check the veracity of the viral claim, we performed a reverse image search on a few of its keyframes. This search led us to news reports (here, here, and here) on this incident from 2016. Contrary to the viral claim, this incident occurred in Kenya, not India.


Fact Check: Old Kenya Video Shared As Visuals Of Modi Supporter Hanging Onto The PM's Helicopter

As per the news reports, this event transpired during a mourning ceremony for a businessman named Jacob Juma in Bungoma, Kenya. 


Fact Check: Old Kenya Video Shared As Visuals Of Modi Supporter Hanging Onto The PM's Helicopter

“As the helicopter carrying Juma’s body attempted to take off, however, a local man—identified as Saleh Wanjala by Kenyan media—clung to the helicopter skis and would not let go, despite the pilot lowering the helicopter for him to drop off, instead flying off into the distance,” reported the Independent.

You can find videos of the same incidents from different angles here and here.

Saleh Wanjala was later charged (here and here) in Bungoma court for endangering his life and that of the helicopter pilot by doing this act.


Fact Check: Old Kenya Video Shared As Visuals Of Modi Supporter Hanging Onto The PM's Helicopter

To sum up, the viral video of a man hanging onto a helicopter is old and filmed in Kenya. It has nothing to do with India or PM Modi.

This story was originally published by Factly as part of the Shakti Collective. Except for the headline, excerpt, and the opening introduction para, this story has not been edited by ABPLIVE staff.  

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