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Emirates Airlines deepfake (Aug 2025)
A video depicting an Emirates plane crash-landing was circulated on Instagram and Youtube. Fact-checking revealed the video to be fake based on the absence of media reports, official announcements, incorrect…
- Incident date
- Aug 2025
- Target
- Emirates Airlines
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
A video depicting an Emirates plane crash-landing was circulated on Instagram and Youtube. Fact-checking revealed the video to be fake based on the absence of media reports, official announcements, incorrect spelling, mismatching tail design, and AI detection results.