“Santiago Flight 513 “landed after 35 years with 92 skeletons on board!”
Social media posts
Claim dated 4 Nov 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
Weekly World News, a tabloid known for publishing fiction as if it were fact, published this story about “Santiago Flight 513” in 1989.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 4 November 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 8 November 2024, 4 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/groups/1979622148886266/posts/santiago-flight-513-the-missing-pl…
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