14:14 BST
Peter Mwai
BBC Verify senior journalist
Image source, XWe have been looking at video footage said to show the wreckage of a small plane on fire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, which is reported to have been bombed while on the ground by the country’s air force in a rebel-held area.
The Congo River Alliance (AFC), an alliance of several rebel groups (including the M23), says the plane had been transporting humanitarian aid, including food and medicine, destined for Minembwe in South Kivu province when it was hit.
The incident comes just few days after the DR Congo and Rwanda – accused of backing the M23 rebels – signed a peace agreement in Washington.
Satellite imagery in the area is very patchy and old, which makes it challenging to find an exact match for what we see in the video.
But by using two images of the wreckage filmed during daytime – which began appearing online today – we can draw matches between the wreckage of the plane and the positioning of the debris.
We also get a clearer view of a mountain range in the background, roughly seen in the early morning video, which matches with the mountain we see in the background from the Minembwe airstrip.
This, however, does not mean the footage is verified, as we haven’t yet isolated the exact location where the wreckage was filmed.
It is not clear where the plane was flying from and the Congolese government says it wasn’t registered. We have done reverse image search to be sure the video and images are current.