A year-old clip of a plane crashing near the Chilean city of Talca has resurfaced online in connection to firefighting ...

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

An illegal drone collided with a plane fighting Los Angeles fires on January 9, but there have been no reports of a crash ...

The article noted that the video was from Chile and not Los Angeles, as claimed. We, then, ran relevant keyword searches and ...

Another version of the claim spread widely on X. More from the Fact-Check Team: How we pick and research claims | Email newsletter | Facebook page The video shows a plane crash in Chile in January ...

A video circulating on social media with claims it shows a firefighting plane crashing in Los Angeles is actually of an incident in Chile in early 2024.