Recent plane crashes in the United States were “human sacrifice rituals” for the Super Bowl.
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PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Initial reports that people survived Potomac plane crash aren’t proof the ‘story isn’t adding up’
Early reports of four survivors show “this DC plane crash story isn’t adding up.”
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No, U.S. skater Jon Maravilla wasn’t kept from boarding plane that collided with Army helicopter
“U.S. figure skater Jon Maravilla was reportedly prevented from boarding a doomed flight to Washington, D.C.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this video doesn’t show the Jan. 29 plane crash in Washington D.C.
Video shows “airplane crash with helicopter in Washington D.C.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, CNN wasn't reporting on the Potomac River plane crash hours ‘before it happened’
CNN reported on the Potomac River plane and helicopter crash “hours before it happened.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Explosion In Philadelphia Was NOT Caused By ‘Missile Or Comet’ — FAA Reports It Involved A Learjet 55 Airplane
Was the explosion near Roosevelt Mall in Philadelphia on January 31, 2025, not caused by an airplane crash but by a missile or comet? No, that's not true: The Federal Aviation Administration and multiple news outlets confirmed that the in
Full Fact→ Trans woman misidentified as helicopter pilot in Washington plane crash
A false claim has spread widely on social media since the fatal crash between an American Airlines regional jet and a US army helicopter that it was piloted by a trans woman called Jo Ellis.
FactCheck.org→ No Evidence for the Political Finger-Pointing Over D.C. Plane Crash
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. After the deadly collision between a passenger plane and a U.S. Army helicopter in Washington, D.C., politicians and political commentators were quick to cast blame. President Donal
The Dispatch→ Crashed Planes
Flight 5342 and ‘Flight 93.’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Report January 29, 2025, DC Plane Crash Hours Before It Happened
Did CNN report the January 29, 2025, plane crash in the Washington, D.C., area hours before it occurred? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the news outlet refuted the claim. A Google spokesperson said sometimes the timestamps in sea
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump faults DEI hiring in plane crash and falsely describes FAA policies under Obama, Biden
“I changed the Obama policy (on hiring air traffic controllers) ... And then Biden came in and he changed it.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Black Hawk Helicopter DID Respond To Air Traffic Control Warnings Before DC Collision With Passenger Plane
Did a Black Hawk helicopter fail to respond to warnings seconds before colliding with a civilian airliner that was preparing to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on January 29, 2025? No, that's not true: Air traffic contro
New York Times→ Fact-Checking Trump’s D.C. Plane Crash News Conference and Remarks on D.E.I.
There is no evidence that diversity efforts played a role in the crash, and his statements disregarded his own administration’s hiring policies.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Firefighters On Top Of Plane In River Is NOT Real — AI Generated
Does an authentic photo show firefighters standing on a plane floating in a river while surrounded by boats and cars after a January 2025 plane crash in Washington? No, that's not true: A specialized detection tool showed the image was ge
Full Fact→ Plane crash video not linked to fires in LA
The footage actually shows a plane that crashed in Chile in January 2024.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A ‘Drone Down’ In New Jersey — Small Plane Crashed In Connecticut
Does a video show a "drone down" in New Jersey? No, that's not true: This footage shows the wreckage of a small plane that crashed on Interstate 684 in Greenwich, Connecticut, on December 12, 2024. There were two people on board the plane
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Fatal airplane crash on Connecticut-New York border falsely identified as drone crash in New Jersey
Video shows a drone crashed in New Jersey.
Full Fact→ Image of plane crashing into bridge is digital art not real disaster
The picture is circulating on social media along with false claims it shows a ‘horrific plane crash caught on camera’.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Image Shows Catastrophic Plane Crash On Bridge
Full Fact→ Image of plane landing near explosion is AI
The image is being shared on social media with claims it shows a plane landing at Beirut International Airport during Israeli airstrikes.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Nelson Mandela traveled on Donald Trump’s plane in 1990, but it wasn’t a gift
As part of his “charitable donations,” in 1990 Donald Trump “chartered a private plane to get Nelson Mandela to America when the U.S. government wouldn't help."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: C-17 With Helene Supplies NOT Just For Photo Op For Kamala Harris — Plane Had Issues, Supplies Flown To Storm Victims Next Day
Was a C-17 aircraft loaded with supplies for Hurricane Helene victims but never delivered just to give Vice President Kamala Harris a photo opportunity? No, that's not true: The plane Harris took photos with had maintenance issues and did
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cancer Researcher ‘Dr. Leo Ferreira’ Was NOT Killed In Brazil Plane Crash — It Was José Ferreira
Did Leonardo Ferreira die in a Brazil plane crash in August 2024, as a post on X claimed? No, that's not true: Leonardo Ferreira, the man shown in the video, confirmed to Lead Stories that he is alive and well. Another man with the same l
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Social media posts misidentify immunologist as someone who died in Aug. 9 plane crash in Brazil
Dr. Leo Ferreira, a cancer researcher shown in a video clip, was on the plane that crashed in Brazil on Aug. 9.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump DID Fly On Plane Previously Owned By Epstein — Trump Campaign Says It Leased Plane Without Knowing Aircraft’s History
Did former President Donald Trump fly on one of Jeffrey Epstein's planes? Yes, but that is missing context: The private jet that Trump flew on for campaign events on August 10, 2024, was a Gulfstream that was previously owned by sex offen
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Planes Involved In 9/11 Attacks Were NOT Listed As ‘Valid’ Instead Of ‘Destroyed’ In FAA Accident Database
Were two of the airplanes involved in the 9/11 terrorist attack listed as "valid" instead of "destroyed" in FAA records? No, that's not true: The planes involved in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack that bore tail numbers N591UA an
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris’ August 8, 2024, Detroit Rally Photo Is NOT AI-Generated; Airplane Engine and Fuselage Reflection Explained by Physics
Is an image from a Kamala Harris political rally in Detroit a "FAKE AI PHOTO" because the reflection on the plane's engine and fuselage doesn't show a crowd? No, that's not true: the reflection on the plane's engine can be explained by a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Owe Money To Bozeman Airport — Plane Diversion Due To Mechanical Reasons
Did Donald Trump or his campaign still owe $12,000 in landing fees to the Bozeman airport and was that the reason he diverted his plane to Billings, Montana on Friday, August 9, 2024? No, that's not true: The Bozeman Airport Authority for
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – This video was computer-generated, it doesn’t show a plane crashing into the Milad Tower
A plane crashed into the Milad Tower, July 31, 2024.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – President Joe Biden didn’t board an empty plane after prisoner swap; he thanked the flight crew
President Joe Biden walked “onto an empty airplane for no reason.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Walk ‘Into An Empty Plane For No Reason’ After Prisoner Exchange With Russia — He Thanked Crew Still On Board
Did President Joe Biden board the wrong, empty plane at Joint Base Andrews, where he arrived to meet three Americans freed from a prisoner swap with Russia on August 1, 2024? No, that's not true: White House spokesperson Andrew Bates told
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Plane Accidentally Releasing ‘Chemtrails’ During Takeoff — Caption Has Satire Origin
Does a video on social media show what it looked like when a pilot accidentally hit the "chemtrail switch" too early while taking off in -45 degrees Celsius in Siberia? No, that's not true: The false caption poking fun at chemtrail conspi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: That’s NOT A Mystery Planet In FAA Weather Time Lapse Images — It’s Smear On Larsen Bay, Alaska, Camera Lens
Did a Federal Aviation Administration weather camera capture images of a mysterious planet in the southern sky over Larsen Bay, Alaska? No, that's not true: Images taken at the same time at other FAA weather camera stations on Kodiak Isla
PolitiFact→ Juneau County Wisconsin Republicans . – Juneau County Republicans falsely claim ‘planes full’ of refugees arriving in Wisconsin
“Planes full of unvetted ‘refugees’ are being accepted at the Milw. & Madison airports!”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Trump’s Plane Doing High-Speed Pass Over Airport In June 2024 — It’s Flight Simulator Software
Does a video genuinely show former President Donald Trump's plane, Trump Force One, doing a high-speed pass over an airport after the first debate in the 2024 campaign in June 2024, as a post on TikTok claimed? No, that's not true: The vi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NASA Did NOT Drop Space Capsule From Plane To Fake Return From Outer Space — Test Done Before Manned Flight
Did NASA secretly drop a manned space capsule out of a plane in order to stage a hoax return of astronauts from outer space? No, that's not true: The footage that shows a space capsule sliding out of the back of a C-130 cargo plane was no
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Earth Is Flat — Coriolis Effect DOES Affect Planes, Weather
Does the Coriolis effect fail to affect aircraft trajectory, which proves that the Earth is flat, as is implied in a video shared on social media? No, that's not true: A professor emeritus of physics and astronomy told Lead Stories that "
Full Fact→ French planes did not accidentally create the Russian flag during a display
The arrangement of the colours appears wrong because of the angle from which the footage was shot.
PolitiFact→ X posts – Crash photos on X are from 2020 plane mishap, not 2024 helicopter crash that killed Iran
Photos show bodies of people who died in the helicopter crash with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Is this the ‘clearest image’ of planet Venus? No, that photo was altered multiple times
Photo shows “clearest image ever taken of Venus.”