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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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