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

Police investigated the location in Los Angeles where words including "help" and "trafico" were seen in satellite images.

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 involving such an aircraft, contrary to claims on social media. Dramatic footage spread online showing a plane plunging to the ground was in fact filmed in Chile in January 2024.

The article noted that the video was from Chile and not Los Angeles, as claimed. We, then, ran relevant keyword searches and found that Al Jazeera also uploaded the same video on their YouTube page on 16 January 2024. It noted that the crash claimed the life of the pilot and at least four people were injured.

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 ...