Does the Akasa Airlines announcement come in Sanskrit? No, the audio is edited!
A Bangalore-based Sanskrit scholar namely Samashti Gubbi has dubbed the Sanskrit voiceover of the Akasa Airplane in viral video
Claim
Sanskrit is now a “language in use”!*First flight announcement in Sanskrit!! * *Naman – Akasa Air !!*
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Explanation
The inside of the airplane can be seen in the shared one-minute, five-second video. We observe that before the customary takeoff, the flight attendants are performing their safety demonstrations. It’s interesting to note that we could hear the announcements in Sanskrit.
This post is shared with a claim stating that “Sanskrit is now a “language in use”!*First flight announcement in Sanskrit!! * *Naman – Akasa Air!” You can view similar claim posts here and here.
Sanskrit is now a “language in use”!
First flight announcement in Sanskrit!!
Naman – Akasa Air !!
अहो! संस्कृतं स्निग्धभाषा
अस्ति। धन्यवादः@AkasaAir
Join | https://t.co/bq8DAxMRoA pic.twitter.com/u5NHGgewgE— Satyaagrah (@satyaagrahindia) June 13, 2024
What’s the truth?
Our investigation began with a simple reverse image search of the viral video’s keyframes, which directed us to Samashti Gubbi’s @sanskritsparrow Instagram feed.
We discovered from reading her bio that she is a 23-year-old Sanskrit scholar who resides in Bangalore, Karnataka.
To establish a platform for Sanskrit, she found sthaayi. in, a production company that plans bike rides, marathons, competitions, and treks with Sanskrit-themed events.
After looking through her page, we discovered that this viral video was uploaded on June 6 and had the disclaimer, “The above content is a dubbed voiceover. This was not announced on any flight. This does not have anything to do with Akasa Air management.”
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She has also included hashtags for Sanskrit videos, Sanskrit Vlogger, and other Sanskrit-related terms. We discovered many more songs and videos with Sanskrit dubbing while browsing her Instagram page.
Using this as a cue we searched further with pertinent keywords such as “Does Akasa Airline use Sanskrit for announcements in their planes?” This immediately brought us to the June 13, 2024, tweet by Akasa Air.
According to the tweet it read as “we would like to clarify that our inflight announcements are delivered in Hindi and English. The announcement in the video is not an official one and seems to be a dubbed video that has been shared.”
Hi Rakesh, we would like to clarify that our inflight announcements are delivered in Hindi and English. The announcement in the video is not an official one and seems to be a dubbed video that has been shared.
— Akasa Air (@AkasaAir) June 13, 2024
With the support of all these facts, it is clarified that the viral Akasa Airlines video is a voiceover by a Sanskrit scholar rather than a real Sanskrit announcement.
Conclusion:
We therefore conclude that the widely circulated rumor that Akasa Airline is announcing in Sanskrit is fake. Actually, it’s a voiceover dubbed with disclaimers by a Sanskrit scholar. Furthermore, Akasa Airline has denied the rumors, stating that the video is an altered version rather than the original.
