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The claim

The video shows a real incident of a cat sitting on the wing of an aeroplane during its take-off.

Original publisher’s rating

FALSE

Reviewed by FACTLY ↗ ·

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Original review summary

FACTLY reports that the video is AI-generated, citing a visible “Veo” watermark and Hive AI’s assessment of a 99.9% likelihood that the visuals are AI-generated. It concludes that the video does not depict a real incident.[S1]

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Sources and attribution

  1. [S1] FACTLY original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026

Original review: FACTLY. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms. Summaries and context are produced by PeakMetrics with AI assistance.

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