Akasa Air Did Not Deliver In-Flight Announcement In Sanskrit, Viral Video Is Dubbed

Pre-flight announcement on Akasa Air is in Sanskrit.

The archived version of the tweet can be seen here.

Newschecker did a reverse image search of keyframes, which led us to the same video on Instagram, uploaded by @sanskritsparrow on June 6, 2024.

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A post shared by Samashti Gubbi (@sanskritsparrow)

“The above content is a dubbed voice over. This was not announced on any flight. This does not have anything to do with @akasaair management,” read the description, clearly showing that it was edited. We learnt that the account was run by Bengaluru-based Samashti Gubbi, 23, a Sanskrit scholar with a vision to promote the language and founder of Sthaayi, an online production company that makes films, plays, music and podcasts in Sanskrit

A further search also led us to this clarification by Akasa Air on X, dated June 13, 2024, replying to a user who posted the viral video, which confirmed that the viral video was dubbed.

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Result: False

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Instagram video, @sanskritsparrow, June 6, 2024
X post, Akasa Air, June 13, 2024

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