The 1.13 minute video has been making the rounds on social media and many Malaysians have even shared it, that jaw-dropping spectacle of a entire dining carriage filled with people breaking loose from its cables plunging hundreds of feet from the sky.
The video footage shows a Dinner in the Sky event operated for the telecommunication company Meditel in Oujda/Marocco being hoisted up with full fanfare only to dramatically break loose from its harness accompanied by sparks and screams in what seems like a very realistic tragedy.
In order to verify the viral video, Malaysian Digest contacted its local representative who sought to clarify the matter.
The representative of Dinner In The Sky (DITS) Malaysia, which is understood to be a separate brand over the DITS event in Marocco had this to say about the viral video.
"We are aware of the video, it's an old video and it's nothing new. It didn’t reach South East Asia [until now] and it's slowly creeping into here. I know it looks very real but it's fake.
"The first time I saw it, I was surprised, and even I thought to myself, did it really happen? We are aware of it as we have seen it weeks earlier.
"We thought we will just deal with it as it comes and issue a statement as it comes. Making an official statement brings more exposure," the representative stated.
"We were hoping it won’t creep into Southeast Asia but you know how social media can go viral.
"It has gone viral, we saw people posting in Malaysia already," the representative confirms and stressed that the incident is entirely fabricated, no matter how realistic it looks.
The representative also indicated that they are exploring their legal options.
"It is fake and we are initiating legal action and that the safety is our utmost priority - it has always been that way.
"Technically speaking whatever ‘happened’ in Morocco is not the same brand as DITS in Malaysia," the spokesperson revealed.
Upon being asked how a video like that can be faked, she further clarified the issue and pointed out the real facts.
"How can they not? With The kind of technology we have. I mean even if that had been real and those people had died, don’t you think it would have been in splattered all over the news already?