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The video was created using Google Veo, a text-to-video AI model developed by Google DeepMind
Claim: A video shows a woman claiming to be a passenger who had missed her flight, which turned out to be Air India 171 that crashed on June 12.
Rating: FALSE
Why we fact-checked this: The video has already received 2.8 million views, 86,000 reactions, 3,500 comments, and 1,700 shares as of writing.
Text on the video says, “She’s lucky that she was late, 20 minutes late to her flight.”
It shows an Indian woman with bruises on her face walking in the airport and recording a video of herself while saying, “Listen everyone, I am the luckiest woman in the world.”
“I reached 20 minutes late and missed my flight. I was so full of regret, but when the news came that the flight crashed, I was speechless. Thank you, God, for saving my life,” she added.
The facts: The video is AI-generated. A “Veo” watermark can be seen at the bottom right corner of the video, indicating that it was created using Google Veo, a text-to-video AI model developed by Google DeepMind. Its latest version allows users to add audio to AI-generated videos.
AI image detector Was It AI flagged an image from the video as AI-generated. Decopy AI also detected that the image was 99.99% likely to be created using AI.
The video has no AI label, misleading viewers into believing that it was real.
Air India plane crash: At least 271 people were killed after Air India flight 171, headed for Gatwick Airport in London, crashed on June 12. Shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad airport and reaching an altitude of 650 feet, the plane came down onto a medical college hostel nearby.
Investigators are already looking into the possible causes of the incident, including issues related to engine thrust and operational issues with flaps. They are also investigating why the landing gear remained open for so long after takeoff.
According to a June 18 report by the Wall Street Journal, the plane’s emergency power generator was operating when it crashed, raising questions about whether the plane’s engines functioned properly during takeoff.
Missed flight: According to a BBC report, there was a woman who did miss her Air India flight. Bhoomi Chauhan, a 28-year-old business administration student, arrived 10 minutes late at Ahmedabad airport after being stuck in traffic.
Initially frustrated and disappointed at missing her flight, Chauhan soon learned that the plane she was supposed to be on had crashed.
“This is totally a miracle for me,” she said.
Previous fact-checks: Rappler has previously debunked similar false claims about the Air India plane crash:
– Angelee Kaye Abelinde/Rappler.com
Angelee Kaye Abelinde is a student journalist based in Naga City, and an alumna of Rappler’s Aries Rufo Journalism Fellowship 2024.
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