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Does This Video Show an Aircraft Fighting in Israel-Hamas War?

Written by:
Aleksandra Wrona
Oct 11, 2023 Countless videos and images were to show scenes from the Hamas-Israel war, with many raising ser ...
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Plane flying

Letter from an Airline Pilot

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Dec 1, 2002 Letter from airline pilot describes a flight on which the remains of a fallen U.S. soldier were ...
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Did Early 20th-Century Commercial Airplanes Use Wicker Chairs to Seat Passengers?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Jun 16, 2023 Coach today had nothing on those flights.
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Two white men sit at the controls of an airplane in a black and white photograph.

Did Wright Brothers Fly Same Year NYT Said Flying Machines Could Take 10M Years To Develop?

Written by:
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
May 12, 2023 The claimed amount of time between the New York Times editorial being published and the Wright b ...
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Yes, This Pic Shows Jet that Landed Safely After Roof Was Ripped Off Mid-Flight

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Apr 29, 2023 A flight attendant was killed after being "sucked through the opening," and more than 60 people ...
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Is this Real Footage From Inside Plane Just Before it Crashed in Nepal?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Jan 16, 2023 The harrowing Facebook Live video appeared to show passengers in moments before the crash.
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airplane toilet viewed from above

Do Airplane Toilets Dump Waste While in Flight?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Dec 17, 2022 And are we really talking about a constant rain of atmospheric feces?
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A TikTok video claimed to show an airplane crash found in the ocean on Google Earth or Google Maps.

Google Earth Satellite Image Does Not Show Airplane Crash in Ocean

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Oct 17, 2022 While we did find that Google Earth hosted the image of the airplane and ocean, the truth of the ...
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Does this photo show an airplane engine on fire?

Photo of Apparent Airliner Engine Fire Goes Viral

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Aug 16, 2022 We have reached out to the Twitter user who posted the photograph in hopes of verifying the inci ...
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A misleading ad on Yahoo claimed These Mistakes Had Catastrophic Consequences and the picture has been referenced before as purportedly showing the last moments of Air Florida Flight 90 which crashed into a bridge in Washington DC in 1982 killing 78 people.

Does Photo Show Air Florida Flight 90 Crashing into Bridge?

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Aug 4, 2022 In our research, we were less concerned with the fairly obvious fact that it didn't show the 198 ...
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A story about an older woman who flew with drugs and got caught after landing at Dubai International Airport (DXB) cautions against touching other people's luggage for fear of being implicated in crimes, based on fingerprints on the baggage.

Is the 'Never Touch Anyone's Luggage' on Airplane Story Real?

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Jun 21, 2022 We looked for the origins of a story that Facebook users had copied and pa ...
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Does This Video Show a DragonAir 737 Caught in a Typhoon?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Sep 17, 2018 A video purportedly showing an airplane being spun around by typhoon-force winds is actually a c ...
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Are These Daredevils Playing Tennis on an Airplane?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Apr 9, 2018 A photograph of two wing walkers holding tennis rackets on top of an airborne airplane is genuin ...
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Jet plane taking off at a steep angle

Did a Boeing Jetliner Make a 90-Degree Climb During Takeoff at an Air Show?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Dec 6, 2017 Although a jetliner was captured on video climbing steeply, it was probably not ascending at an ...
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Do 'Angel Flights' Release Flare Salutes for Fallen Soldiers?

Written by:
Dan Evon
May 30, 2017 A photograph purportedly showing a plane releasing a flare salute to soldiers killed in battle i ...
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Plane Crash-Lands on Beach

Written by:
Dan Evon
Aug 11, 2016 A mobile phone video purportedly showing a plane crash-landing on a beach is actually a commerci ...
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Video Shows 'Fireball' in the Sky As EgyptAir Flight Disappears from Radar

Written by:
Dan Evon
May 19, 2016 A purported video of a fireball streaking across the sky at the same time an EgyptAir flight wen ...
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Airport Worker Destroys Jet After Getting Fired

Written by:
Dan Evon
Apr 27, 2016 A video of an excavator destroying a plane was circulated along with the claim that the act was ...
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Is This a Military Pilot's Selfie Taken During a Stadium Flyover?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Feb 9, 2016 A claimant for the title of "greatest selfie ever taken."
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MISCAPTIONED: JetBlue Plane Buried by Snow

Written by:
Dan Evon
Jan 23, 2016 A photograph that purportedly shows a JetBlue airliner buried in snow is actually the product of ...
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