It has been falsely claimed that an drunk Hindu passenger on an Air France flight got into an argument with a Sikh gentleman based on a video that shows a customer yelling at a flight attendant and causing a stir on the aircraft. It is being said that he started abusing Punjab and used 1984 slur and kept shouting about PM Modi.
Verified accounts on twitter, including @AsianDigest made the same claim that the drunk Hindu passenger created a chaos in the Air France flight. The tweet was made on March 5, 2024, which has received an about 139.3k views on X. The user added “Drunk Chindu Pajeet in Air France got into argument with a Sikh gentleman. He started abusing Punjab and used 1984 slur and kept shouting Modi Modi Modi”. The user quoted the tweet made by @khalsaaaa1699, which can be read from archive.
Drunk Chindu Pajeet in Air France got into argument with a Sikh gentleman. He started abusing Punjab and used 1984 slur and kept shouting Modi Modi Modi https://t.co/QPIC8Zv2mN
— Crime Reports India (@AsianDigest) March 4, 2024
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What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
The truth is that these assertions are unfounded and fraudulent. An old footage from an Air France aircraft from 2021 shows a man yelling at the flight attendant and other passengers suddenly. Following the flight’s emergency landing in Bulgaria, the man was taken into custody. It is unrelated to any individual Sikh.
We visited Mirror, which published an article on this incident on March 10, 2021 with the headline “Air France flight forced to make emergency landing after rowdy passenger ‘attacks steward'”. The entire incident of that day is being explained here in detail.
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video that shows a passenger shouting at a flight attendant and creating a stir on the flight has been shared with misleading claiming that a drunk Hindu individual on Air France's flight got into an argument with a Sikh gentleman. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/hPG1ZqaU2I
Intent:
Pakistani accounts are circulating old videos with false claims to set their anti-India propaganda. A video that shows a passenger shouting at a flight attendant and creating a stir on the flight has been shared with misleading claiming that a drunk Hindu individual on Air France’s flight got into an argument with a Sikh gentleman. He started abusing Punjab, used 1984 slur and kept shouting about PM Modi. These assertions are unfounded and fraudulent, it is a reality. A man can be seen abruptly yelling at a flight attendant and other passengers in this old video from an Air France flight in 2021. After the aircraft made an emergency landing in Bulgaria, the man was taken into custody. It has nothing to do with any one Sikh person.
Conclusion:
Claim : A video of a passenger shouting at a flight attendant and causing a commotion on the flight has been circulated, with the false claim that an intoxicated Hindu guy on Air France’s flight got into a fight with a Sikh gentleman. He began bashing Punjab, using the 1984 slur, and again yelling about PM Modi.
Fact : The fact is that these claims are fake and baseless. This is an old video from Air France’s flight showing a man suddenly starts shouting at flight attendant and other passengers in 2021. The man was arrested after an emergency landing of the flight in Bulgaria. It has nothing to do with any Sikh individual.
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