“Video of passengers on a plane tackling Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya after he tried to open the emergency exit door of a plane during takeoff”
Social media posts
Claim dated 18 Jan 2023.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
This video is from an incident in 2021 on a Delta Airlines flight. Reportedly, an off-duty flight attendant named Stephon Jamar Duncan allegedly tried to open the flight door mid-air and made terrorist threats. His fellow passengers subdued him
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 18 January 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 19 January 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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