Al Jazeera posted a similar clip showing the crash in January 2024, predating the California wildfires by a year.

Dramatic footage spread online showing a plane plunging to the ground was in fact filmed in Chile in January 2024. "An aircraft helping to extinguish a fire in the American city of Los Angeles ...

A video shows the perspective of a firefighter as they tackle a blaze in Los Angeles. But the video is unrelated to these ... with a caption which says the footage was filmed in Santiago, Chile by a ...