Latest Fact-Checks In Transportation

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TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on September 7, 2025 a TikTok post
Video shows Chicago salt trucks were used “to slow traffic and block access points in response to an incoming ICE operation.”
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By Maria Briceño • September 8, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 19, 2025 an Instagram post
“Delta plane that crashed in Toronto operated by Endeavor Air with all-female flight crew.”
False
February 21, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 18, 2025 social media posts
“An ICE minivan was reportedly set on fire in Philadelphia.”
False
February 19, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 30, 2025 a video
The U.S. Army helicopter in the Jan. 29 plane collision was the same model of helicopter in the 2020 Kobe Bryant crash.
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • February 7, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 30, 2025 a video on Facebook
Early reports of four survivors show “this DC plane crash story isn’t adding up.”
False
By Madison Czopek • February 7, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on January 31, 2025 una publicación en Threads
“Al patinador artístico estadounidense Jon Maravilla se le negó el embarque en el vuelo de American Airlines (hacía Washington D.C.) que posteriormente colisionó con un helicóptero”.
False
By Maria Briceño • February 6, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 31, 2025 a post on Instagram
CNN reported on the Potomac River plane and helicopter crash “hours before it happened.”
False
By Madison Czopek • February 4, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on January 31, 2025 a Threads post
The Black Hawk helicopter involved in the American Airlines crash “was being controlled remotely.”
False
February 3, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on January 31, 2025 a Threads post
“Donald Trump is reportedly furious with Elon Musk for convincing him to push out the head of the FAA because Musk was mad SpaceX got fined last September by the FAA for license violations.”
False
January 31, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2025 a press briefing
“I changed the Obama policy (on hiring air traffic controllers) ... And then Biden came in and he changed it.”
False
By Caleb McCullough, Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 31, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on January 30, 2025 an X post
“The VIP on the Black Hawk helicopter that crashed was Barack Obama.”
False
January 30, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 1, 2025 a Facebook post
“Elon Musk has just acquired Boeing.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • January 7, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 2, 2025 an Instagram post
Video shows “Fort Worth, Texas pileup, January (1st), 2025.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • January 3, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 29, 2024 a Facebook post
Elon Musk is “finally releasing his first flying car today.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • December 2, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 15, 2024 a Facebook post
“Elon Musk reveals Tesla 2025 motorhome for under $17,000!”
False
November 27, 2024
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on October 7, 2024 a video
“FEMA is closing roads and bridges and causing gridlock traffic during evacuations from Hurricane Milton.”
False
By Gideon Hess • October 9, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 28, 2024 a post
"Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 returns after 10-year mystery"
False
By Grace Abels • July 3, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on May 21, 2024 X posts
Video shows turbulence on a Singapore Airlines flight that had one casualty.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • May 21, 2024
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers
stated on April 2, 2024 TV ad
"EPA regulators just banned most new gas-powered cars."
False
By Sophia Voight • May 1, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 28, 2024 an Instagram post
The Dali ship’s “black box” stopped recording “right before (the) crash” into the Baltimore bridge then started recording “right after.”
False
By Sara Swann • April 2, 2024
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