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  • Fact Check: NO Evidence To Back Claim That 'Thousands Of Flights Canceled As Vaccinated Pilots Fall Ill Or Die'

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    Are thousands of flights being canceled as vaccinated pilots fall ill or die? No, there's no evidence that's happening. The claim is made without offering proof pilots who have been vaccinated are either getting sick or dying, forcing cancellations. The article making the claim mis-states research into incidence of thromboembolism among pilots and also repeats the false claim that four…

    • Jun 29, 2021
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: NO Evidence To Back Claim That 'Thousands Of Flights Canceled As Vaccinated Pilots Fall Ill Or Die' Citation Error
  • Fact Check: 'Leaked' Airline Documents Do NOT Reveal Horrific Details About Vaccinated Pilots

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    Do "leaked" airline documents reveal horrific details about vaccinated pilots? No, that's not true: The so-called leaked documents consist entirely of an informational brief from United Master Executive Council, a pilots' union. The memo to members provides background on negotiations with United management as they relate to the question of COVID-19 vaccination. It's a detailed and reasoned document that does…

    • Jun 23, 2021
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: 'Leaked' Airline Documents Do NOT Reveal Horrific Details About Vaccinated Pilots Union Brief
  • Fact Check: Four British Airways Pilots Did NOT Die In One Week And There Is NO Proof Deaths Were From COVID-19 Vaccine

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    Did four British Airways pilots die in one week after getting the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true. Four pilots for the airline did pass away but they did not all die within one week, and there is no proof they died from a COVID-19 vaccine. "There is no truth whatsoever in the claims on social media speculating that the…

    • Jun 22, 2021
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Four British Airways Pilots Did NOT Die In One Week And There Is NO Proof Deaths Were From COVID-19 Vaccine   No Evidence
  • Fact Check: Decoy Flares Shot From A Plane Are NOT A Ceremonial Salute, Aircraft Is NOT 'Angel Flight'

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    Are there special airplanes called "Angel Flight" that bring fallen soldiers home, and do those aircraft shoot a flare salute designed to resemble an angel? No, that's not true: This is a photo of a plane firing decoy flares. This is intended as a defensive measure against heat-seeking weapons. In the Americas, "Angel Flight" is the name of the service…

    • Jun 7, 2021
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Decoy Flares Shot From A Plane Are NOT A Ceremonial Salute, Aircraft Is NOT 'Angel Flight' Decoy Flares
  • Fact Check: Boycott Did NOT Cause Pepsi To Outsell Coke And Was Not Cause Of 100 Cancelled Delta Flights

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    Did Pepsi sell more products than Coca-Cola during the April, 2021 boycott declared by conservatives to punish the company for criticizing Georgia's new voting restrictions? Did Delta cancel 100 flights because of the boycotts? No, that's not true: according to Coca-Cola and PepsiCo's first quarter earnings reports, Coca-Cola earned almost $600 million more than PepsiCo in the first quarter. Delta…

    • May 6, 2021
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Boycott Did NOT Cause Pepsi To Outsell Coke And Was Not Cause Of 100 Cancelled Delta Flights Not Measured
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence LAPD Pilots Are The Voices Caught Saying To Dump Gas On Protesters And Light It On Fire

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    Were Los Angeles Police Department pilots caught talking about dumping gas and lighting it on fire on protesters and homeless people? No, there's no evidence the people speaking in a recording posted on social media were staff of the Los Angeles Police Department. The recording surfaced with two voices discussing such actions during March 24, 2021, protests, in which demonstrators…

    • Mar 29, 2021
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: NO Evidence LAPD Pilots Are The Voices Caught Saying To Dump Gas On Protesters And Light It On Fire Wrong Channel
  • Fact Check: These Photos Are NOT Associated With 'Chemtrails'

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    Does this collection of photos show the inner workings of airplanes that spray "chemtrails" and has this information been "declassified"? No, that's not true: These photos do not show "chemtrail spraying equipment." The photos are either misidentified, are a joke, or are intentionally unidentified, but they have been presented in a false context allowing imaginations to run wild. There is…

    • Jan 18, 2021
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: These Photos Are NOT Associated With 'Chemtrails' Misrepresented
  • Fact Check: Pentagon Did NOT Confirm Coronavirus Accidentally Got Into Chemtrail Supply Chain

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    Did the Pentagon confirm that the novel coronavirus accidentally got into the chemtrail supply chain? No, that's not true: The site publishing the claim creates satirical content for aviation buffs (think The Aviation Geek Club meets The Onion). However, many people did not know it was satire and shared the post as if it were true. The claim originated in…

    • Apr 13, 2020
    • by: Ryan Cooper
    Fact Check: Pentagon Did NOT Confirm Coronavirus Accidentally Got Into Chemtrail Supply Chain Just a Joke
  • Fake News: President Trump Told The Press About Jeffrey Epstein: 'Check The Plane Manifests To His Island.' They Actually Did

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    Did the news media ignore Jeffrey Epstein's flight manifests, including those concerning Bill Clinton, even after President Donald Trump told them to look? No, that's not true: Reporters wrote stories about former President Bill Clinton's travel on Epstein's plane more than four years before President Trump suggested it. The documents showed Clinton flying on Epstein's jet at least 26 times,…

    • Oct 22, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fake News: President Trump Told The Press About Jeffrey Epstein: 'Check The Plane Manifests To His Island.' They Actually Did
  • Fake News: 243 Angry Passengers NOT Grounded In Iowa After Nancy Pelosi's Drunken Rampage

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    Did Nancy Pelosi go on a "drunken rampage" that caused a plane with 243 other passengers to be grounded in Iowa? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible Trump supporters and Republicans about the need to actually click and read links before sharing or liking them in order to…

    • May 11, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: 243 Angry Passengers NOT Grounded In Iowa After Nancy Pelosi's Drunken Rampage
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