Social media platforms saw the rapid spread of misleading images purportedly showing the wreckage of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302, which crashed on March 10, 2019, near Bishoftu, Ethiopia. The incident claimed 157 lives, but several unrelated aviation accidents were falsely associated with the tragedy.
Fact-checking efforts revealed these images originated from separate aviation incidents occurring in 2013, 2015, and 2018. The misinformation highlighted challenges in verifying visual content during breaking news events.
