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Video of an Air India crew boarding a plane was filmed days before the Ahmedabad crash
The clip was posted on Instagram on 9 June, three days before the disaster. Read
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Video of plane’s cabin shows turbulence on a Pakistani flight, not the Air India crash
The footage features in a montage viewed millions of times on Facebook, which also includes an AI-generated image we have previously debunked. Read
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Footage showing Burkina Faso leader is likely deepfake
The likely deepfake video which appears to show Ibrahim Traoré, the country’s interim president, making a speech in English has been viewed 13 million times. Read
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Old footage of Air India plane taking off from Heathrow shared as Ahmedabad crash
Social media posts have shared this clip with the claim it shows the plane that crashed taking off. In fact this footage shows a different plane, and has been online for more than a year. Read
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Video of smoke-filled cabin is from 2020 Ryanair incident not recent Air India crash
Social media users have been sharing the clip with captions claiming it shows the moment before the crash in Ahmedabad, India, but it is old and unrelated footage. Read
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AI-generated image of Air India crash shared online
A picture which appears to be of the recent Air India plane crash has been circulating online, but experts say it has been generated by artificial intelligence. Read
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Clip from 2023 Nepal plane accident shared as footage from recent Air India crash
The clip has been shared with claims it shows footage from London-bound Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad on 12 June, but it actually dates back to January 2023. Read
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United States
No evidence Donald Trump scored 73 on an IQ test
Full Fact could not find any evidence of the US president having an IQ score of 73. Read
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Conflict
Video does not show China recently airdropping aid to Gaza
A clip has been circulating with misleading claims it shows a recent aid drop by China using parachutes. Read
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World
Clip of Pope Leo XIV addressing Burkina Faso leader is fake
The clip has been edited to lip sync what is likely deepfake audio of the Pope with real footage of him delivering a different speech. Read
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