By AUGUSTINE SANGMore by this AuthorAs news on the crashed Ethiopian Airlines plane trickled in, social media users shared photos of what they perceived to be the plane and the crash scene of flight ET 302. PHOTO | COURTESYThis image of a crashed plane is in fact an Ethiopian Airlines Cargo craft, which came down on January 10, 2015. The fake image was widely shared on social media in relation to the Flight ET302 crash. The truth is that it is that of an Algerian military plane, which crashed in April 11, 2018. PHOTO | APAnother image widely shared by social media users in relation to the Ethiopian tragedy is this one.

Source: Daily Nation March 11, 2019 09:27 UTC