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In Short: The Learjet 60 that crashed in Palm Beach County, Florida, on Sunday was not the subject of AI-generated footage, as some social media users had speculated.
The Learjet 60 that crashed in Palm Beach County, Florida, on Sunday was not the subject of AI-generated footage, as some social media users had speculated.
According to CBS News, audio recordings from the flight revealed that the pilot reported ice conditions and declared a mayday shortly before the crash.
The Learjet 60, which had departed from Austin, Texas, and was en route to the Bahamas, crashed into a neighborhood, killing all nine people on board.
Lead Stories, a fact-checking organization, confirmed that a manipulated image of the crash was edited using AI tools from OpenAI, but the dashcam footage of the actual crash remains authentic.
The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the crash, with Timothy Monville leading the investigation for the safety board.
Investigators are examining the final communications and flight data to determine the cause of the crash.
The footage shows the plane nosediving into the ground at high speed, creating a massive fireball and leaving a huge crater in Palm Beach County.
While some social media users speculated that the footage was AI-generated, news outlets have shared dashcam footage confirming the video's veracity.
The Economic Times and other outlets reported that the plane's vertical descent rate exceeded 32,000 feet per minute, with the pilot reporting an overspeed condition and a descent rate of 22,000 feet per minute.
The crash occurred near the entrance to a mobile home community, and Palm Beach County Commissioner Joel Flores described the scene at a news conference.
Flight tracking website Flightradar24 said data showed the plane's vertical descent rate at one point exceeded 32,000 feet, or approximately 9,750 meters per minute.
Less than 20 seconds later, the cabin heard: “We are going to crash to the ground,” after which it was announced that the descent rate had reached 22,000 feet, or about 6,700 meters per minute, while the plane began to tilt to the side.
What this adds
The authenticity of the footage was confirmed by multiple news outlets, dispelling social media rumors.
The investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing, with no definitive conclusions yet.
What's confirmed
- The Learjet 60 that crashed in Palm Beach County, Florida, on Sunday was not the subject of AI-generated footage, as some social media users had speculated.
- According to CBS News, audio recordings from the flight revealed that the pilot reported ice conditions and declared a mayday shortly before the crash.
- The Learjet 60, which had departed from Austin, Texas, and was en route to the Bahamas, crashed into a neighborhood, killing all nine people on board.
- Lead Stories, a fact-checking organization, confirmed that a manipulated image of the crash was edited using AI tools from OpenAI, but the dashcam footage of the actual crash remains authentic.
- The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the crash, with Timothy Monville leading the investigation for the safety board.
- Investigators are examining the final communications and flight data to determine the cause of the crash.
- The footage shows the plane nosediving into the ground at high speed, creating a massive fireball and leaving a huge crater in Palm Beach County.
- While some social media users speculated that the footage was AI-generated, news outlets have shared dashcam footage confirming the video's veracity.
- The Economic Times and other outlets reported that the plane's vertical descent rate exceeded 32,000 feet per minute, with the pilot reporting an overspeed condition and a descent rate of 22,000 feet per minute.
- The crash occurred near the entrance to a mobile home community, and Palm Beach County Commissioner Joel Flores described the scene at a news conference.
- Flight tracking website Flightradar24 said data showed the plane's vertical descent rate at one point exceeded 32,000 feet, or approximately 9,750 meters per minute.
- Less than 20 seconds later, the cabin heard: “We are going to crash to the ground,” after which it was announced that the descent rate had reached 22,000 feet, or about 6,700 meters per minute, while the plane began to tilt to the side.
What's still developing
- “ Pilot: “ We are descending 22,000 feet, and we are banking 60 degrees.
- The footage shows traffic at what appears to be a junction in West Palm Beach before the person filming notices a driver in the adjacent lane.
- No, that's not true: The image, which shows the plane with a missing wing, a deformed engine without its cowling and a bent tail, appears to have been edited using AI tools from OpenAI.
- In the current case, a real dashcam video of the crash of a Learjet 60 in Palm Beach County (archived here ) was apparently screenshotted and "cleaned up" with AI tools.
- A detection tool found a SynthID watermark in the image consistent with AI modification or generation, and screenshots from video of the crash do show both wings.
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