The daily check-in

Trending, checked.

Twice a day we pull the posts going viral on TikTok, Instagram, X and Facebook and run them through the record. Each entry is a published verdict — what we found, why, and the sources behind it.

51 checks

What happened during the Flydubai flight cockpit altercation involving a Russian and Ukrainian pilot?

X · Early posts cited 'Israeli Army Radio' saying the crew were Russian and Ukrainian. Later NEXTA and Lord Bebo shifted it: a Ukrainian and a Russian who were flying as passengers landed the plane. Snopes, Kashif and APA covered it.

True But

The Flydubai flight emergency and cockpit altercation on 30 September 2026 is corroborated by multiple news reports, but the post’s specific claim that 'Israeli Army Radio' reported the fight was between a Russian pilot and his Ukrainian assistant is only partly supported and is disputed by other sources and later statements.

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Did passengers scream aboard Flydubai flight FZ1073?

X · Cedar News post: 'Video captures passengers screaming aboard Flydubai FZ1073'. Al Jazeera says posts carrying the 23-second clip got 'tens of thousands of views'. CNN Arabic, Al Jazeera and Coulisse ran fact-checks.

True

Passenger-shot video circulated on social media and was published by news outlets showing screaming and panic aboard flydubai flight FZ1073; independent reporting from AP, Reuters-linked feeds, Al Jazeera and others confirms an onboard altercation in which a pilot was reportedly stabbed and the flight diverted to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia on September 30, 2026.

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Did the co-pilot stab the pilot on Flydubai flight?

X · Heidi Bachram post: 'video of the flight from Dubai plunging as the co-pilot appears to have tried to crash it'. Netanyahu said the pilot tried to crash the plane (Euronews/Newsweek); Flydubai says motive unclear, investigation underway (Newsweek).

True But

Contemporaneous reporting by major news organisations and statements by authorities confirm that a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Sept. 30, 2026 experienced a violent cockpit incident in which one pilot stabbed the other and an apparent attempt to crash the plane occurred; the aircraft was diverted to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia and landed safely. Passenger-count specifics (174 passengers, 27 children) appear in several local reports but are not uniformly given as an official manifest figure.

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