Claim: A picture shows a Middle East Airlines  plane landing at Beirut International Airport, surrounded by massive fire and smoke.
Fact-check: AI-generated image of a plane landing at Beirut International Airport surrounded by fire and smoke is falsely shared as real - FACTLY
Verdict: the viral image is ai-generated and does not show a real incident from beirut international airport. it was uploaded on the instagram account "eyesoflebanon" on 21 october 2024, with a caption confirming it as an ai-generated image. we also analyzed the image using different ai detector tools, which confirmed that the image is ai-generated. hence, the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Nitish Kumar Dhonge
Date published: 2024-10-23T11:31:01