Recently, a plane crash off Ras al-Khaimah, UAE, on December 29, 2024, killed two people, including the pilot and co-pilot. The small aircraft crashed near the coast, prompting an investigation by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).
Now, a video circulating online depicts a plane crashing in an urban area and is being falsely claimed to show footage of the recent plane crash in the UAE. However, this claim is entirely misleading. The video is not authentic and has no connection to any real-life events or aviation accidents. It was created using artificial intelligence tools and is closely associated with the GTA video game.
Sharing the video on X (Formerly Twitter) @RichardHanania wrote, “Planes falling out of the sky now and the media refuses to even talk about it.” The caption in the video reads, Emirates plane crash Abu Dhabi.
The truth about the video shared as plane crash in UAE, Fact Check
As soon as the posts containing the video and claims came to our notice. Subsequently, we conducted research and analysis of the video. We found that the video was not a real-life situation but an AI-generated creation.
To verify the claims made by the users. We performed a reverse image search of some key frames from the viral video using Google Lens. This led us to a TikTok post containing the same video. The video was uploaded on the TikTok account named Aviation_Zone22. This account shares such AI-generated videos to attract viewers. The video is not authentic and has no connection to any real-life events or aviation accidents. It was created using artificial intelligence tools and is closely associated with the GTA video game.
Therefore, it is evident from D-Intent Data’s Fact Check that the video was not a real-life situation but an AI-generated creation.
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ANALYSIS: Fake
FACT: A video circulating online depicts a plane crashing in an urban area and is being falsely claimed to show footage of the recent plane crash in the UAE. However, this claim is entirely misleading. The video is not authentic and has no connection (1/2) pic.twitter.com/7iHNyAxDIW
Intent
Influencers are circulating AI-generated videos with misleading claims to get the spotlight on social media.
Conclusion
Claim– The video depicts a recent plane crash in the UAE
Fact– The video is not a real-life situation but an AI-generated creation.
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