The claim
The visuals of a fight on an airplane depicts a Muslim individual assaulting a Hindu person.
Original review summary
The video shows a fight on a Thai Smile Airways flight from Bangkok to Kolkata on 26 December 2022, but the review found no communal angle to the incident. It reports that the altercation began after a passenger refused safety instructions and that other passengers joined in the assault.[S1]
Additional context
The review says the flight crew intervened and the flight continued after a brief delay; a complaint was later filed against the passengers involved. [S1]
Thai Smile Airways merged with Thai Airways International in January 2024. [S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] FACTLY original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026