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  • Fact Check: Video On Facebook Does NOT Show 'Big Loss' From Real 2023 Plane Crash -- It's From Movie

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    Does a recent Facebook Reel accurately depict devastating damage from a 2023 plane crash? No, that's not true: This footage is from the set of director Steven Spielberg's 2005 movie "War of the Worlds." A twin-engine ATR 72 airplane crashed in Nepal on January 15, 2023, but the plane seen in the Reel is a 747. The location of the…

    • Jan 20, 2023
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Video On Facebook Does NOT Show 'Big Loss' From Real 2023 Plane Crash -- It's From Movie Movie Set
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real Plane Crash or Emergency -- It's Video Game Footage

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    Does this video accurately show a plane crash or emergency? And might it even be live ? No, that's not true: This footage is not real. It is a computer-generated video from a popular video game named Grand Theft Auto V that is often used to generate long videos of airplane "emergencies", "crashes" or "emergency landings", sometimes with the purpose…

    • Jan 17, 2023
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real Plane Crash or Emergency -- It's Video Game Footage Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real Plane Crash or Emergency -- It's Video Game Footage Video Game
  • Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show The Deadly Nepal Plane Crash On January 15, 2023

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    Was this video taken just before the deadly Yeti Airlines plane crash in Nepal on January 15, 2023? No, that's not true: The post's video, showing a plane on fire and then crashing, is of a Russian military transport plane prototype that crashed outside the city of Moscow in October 2021. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) on…

    • Jan 17, 2023
    • by: Courtney Kealy
    Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show The Deadly Nepal Plane Crash On January 15, 2023 Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show The Deadly Nepal Plane Crash On January 15, 2023 Wrong Plane
  • Fact Check: Plane From United Airlines Flight 93 On 9/11 DID Crash In Pennsylvania -- It Disintegrated Into Small Pieces

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    Was the plane from United Airlines Flight 93 not at the reported crash site near Shanksville, Pennsylvania? No, that's not true: The hijacked plane crashed into the ground on September 11, 2001, almost upside down at a speed of up to 580 miles per hour, exploding, according to the National Park Service website for the Flight 93 National Memorial. Wreckage…

    • Jun 20, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Plane From United Airlines Flight 93 On 9/11 DID Crash In Pennsylvania -- It Disintegrated Into Small Pieces Fact Check: Plane From United Airlines Flight 93 On 9/11 DID Crash In Pennsylvania -- It Disintegrated Into Small Pieces Small Pieces
  • Fact Check: Boeing 737 NOT Forced To 'Emergency Land On Beach After Pilot Has Heart Attack' -- It's Gaming Video Footage

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    Was a Boeing 737 forced into an emergency landing on the beach after the pilot had a heart attack? No, that's not true: The footage is not real; it's gaming video footage created for entertainment. The video shows an animated airplane being shot at by animated police officers and then crashing on the beach of what appears to be Santa…

    • Jun 20, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Boeing 737 NOT Forced To 'Emergency Land On Beach After Pilot Has Heart Attack' -- It's Gaming Video Footage Animated
  • Fact Check: Recent Fires At US Food Processing Plants Do NOT Show Plot To Cause Food Shortage

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    Did American food processing facilities mysteriously and suspiciously begin to catch fire after President Joe Biden predicted that there could be real food shortages due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine? No, that's not true: Several incidents on a list of food processing facilities where incidents have occurred predate Biden's comments on food shortages and also predate Russia's invasion. Some…

    • Apr 26, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Recent Fires At US Food Processing Plants Do NOT Show Plot To Cause Food Shortage No Pattern
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Boeing 737 Crash In China In March 2022 -- It's A Clip From Simulation Video Of 2019 Ethiopian Airlines Crash

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    Does a video show the last moment recorded on the Boeing 737 that crashed in China? No, that's not true: The harrowing video is not from a March 21, 2022, crash in China but is from a simulation video of an Ethiopian Airlines crash in 2019. Also, the simulation video shows a different airline logo from the logo of the…

    • Mar 21, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Boeing 737 Crash In China In March 2022 -- It's A Clip From Simulation Video Of 2019 Ethiopian Airlines Crash Simulated Clip
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence That Navy Pilot Crashed Aircraft Because They Received COVID-19 Vax Booster

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    Did a U.S. Navy pilot have to eject themselves from an aircraft before a crash caused by their reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine booster? No, that's not true: Although a Navy pilot was involved in an incident with a fighter jet that caused them to eject themselves from the aircraft, a Navy spokesperson told Lead Stories that the cause of…

    • Jan 28, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: NO Evidence That Navy Pilot Crashed Aircraft Because They Received COVID-19 Vax Booster No Proof
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Of 'Epidemic Of Plane Crashes Linked To COVID-19 Jab'

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    Is there an "epidemic of plane crashes linked to [the] COVID-19 jab"? No, that's not true: There's no documentation to back up the statement that there is an "epidemic" of crashes, much less one crash caused by COVID-19 vaccines. A video making the claim relies on a recent California crash, the cause of which has not yet been determined. A…

    • Oct 15, 2021
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Of 'Epidemic Of Plane Crashes Linked To COVID-19 Jab' Baseless
  • Fake News: 20 Priests Killed In Plane Crash NOT Connected To Vatican Pedophile Ring

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    Were 20 Catholic priests who were killed in a plane crash in Cuba connected to a Vatican pedophile ring? No, that's not true: the site making the claim has a habbit of taking bits and pieces of real news articles and adding invented claims in the headline and first paragraphs in order to attract traffic and advertising revenue. The claim…

    • May 23, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: 20 Priests Killed In Plane Crash NOT Connected To Vatican Pedophile Ring
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