Fact-Check: Does this image show people pushing a plane at Yei airstrip? No.

A Facebook image purporting to show people pushing a plane at Yei airstrip is FALSE.

The post shared on Wednesday, 17th November was partly captioned, “This pic was taken early today from Yei International Airport…”The author, in his post, was wondering why the airstrip’s runway was in a poor shape.

However, Google reverse image search results show that the picture was used at least two years before now.

The image was shared on 7th and 13th October 2019 on Facebook and Twitter respectively describing an event that happened in Somalia.

Funny 😄 pic.twitter.com/OLaGK9P3pC

— ali (@aliabdi02688406) October 13, 2019

An official at Yei airstrip also dismissed the claim as ‘NOT TRUE’. He says the incident depicted in the picture didn’t happen there.

Conclusion:

211 Check has looked into an image claiming to show a plane being pushed at Yei airstrip and finds it to be FALSE.