Does a real video show an airplane spinning wildly on a runway and hitting several other vehicles? No, that's not true: The video appeared on TikTok labeled as AI-generated content. Hive Moderation also determined the video was 73.1% likely to have been created with AI, and a visual analysis found workers appearing to be run over by the spinning plane only to emerge unharmed moments later.
The claim appeared in a video article (archived here) posted by the @AmanKrGautamm account on X on Sept. 28, 2026. Translated from Hindi by X, it read:
Everyone was stunned to see the plane go out of control on the runway. 😳
This is what a screenshot of the video in the post looked like on X at the time of writing:
(Image source: post by @AmanKrGautamm on X.)
This is what the video looked like on X at the time of writing:
रनवे पर विमान बेकाबू होते देखकर सब हैरान रह गए। 😳 pic.twitter.com/BUmZhg0B2y
-- Aman Kumar Gautam (@AmanKrGautamm) September 28, 2026
The AI detector Hive Moderation concluded that the video was 73.1% likely to be have been created with AI, as shown in the image below:
(Image source: Hive Moderation.)
The video was uploaded to the Aliya Aliya @subhanraza972 (archived here) account on TikTok on Sept. 26, 2026, and was labeled "Contains AI-generated media." This is a screenshot of the video posted on TikTok at the time of writing (red circle added by Lead Stories):
(Image source: post by @AliyaAliya on TikTok.)
@subhanraza972 Amid heavy rains that blanketed the airport apron, the aircraft appeared as it moved along while the workers continued their tasks among the water, equipment, and ground vehicles in a scene that illustrates the magnitude of the challenge facing airport teams during bad weather and raises a question about how to maintain the safety of the aircraft and workers in this situation?#fypシ゚#fyp#viral♬ original sound - ꧁نصرتシبزم꧂
Several visual indicators suggest that the video was AI-generated. While the airplane spins wildly on a rain-soaked tarmac, the workers in the video move freely and show no reaction to the danger -- some appear to be run over by the plane, only to emerge unharmed moments later. The name of the airline written on the front side of the plane appears blurred and illegible. This is a screenshot of the video showing the logo on the plane taken at the time of writing:
(Image source: post by @AmanKrGautamm on X.)
Searches of Google News (archived here) and Yahoo News (archived here) did not find matching media coverage of an airline spinning out of control and crashing into other vehicles on the tarmac. Lead Stories previously fact checked a similar video of an airplane here.
