Fact Check: Did a Pilot Forget to Turn Off His Mic and Embarrass an Air Hostess? NO
A post showing an air hostess feeling embarrassed and running into the cockpit is going viral on social media with the
Claim :
An airplane pilot forgot to turn off the mic and had a private conversation, which everyone on the flight overheardFact :
The claim is false. The images in the viral post are from different incidents and are not recent
A post showing an air hostess feeling embarrassed and running into the cockpit is going viral on social media with the claim that the images show an incident where a pilot on the plane forgot to turn off the mic. He was allegedly heard telling his co-pilot that he was going to have tea and kiss the air hostess. When the passengers heard this, the air hostess was embarrassed and started running towards the cockpit to switch off the mic. However, she stumbled on a child, who asked her, “What’s the hurry? The pilot said he will drink tea first.”
The image collage along with the caption has been shared by several users in different languages on social media. Some users shared the images with the caption in English “The pilot announced, ‘We will land after half an hour.’ Then he forgot to turn off the mic and told the co-pilot, ‘First I will drink some hot tea, then I will kiss the air hostess.’ When the air hostess heard this, she ran to turn off the mic but tripped on a child’s foot and fell. The child said, ‘Why are you in such a hurry? He said he will drink tea first.’ 🙃 joke but funny.”
Some users shared the same caption in Telugu “విమానపు పైలెట్ మైక్ లో ‘మనం అర్ధ గంటలో ల్యాండ్ అవ్వబోతున్నాం.’ కానీ, మైక్ ఆపడం మరచిపోయి తన పక్క ఉన్న పైలెట్తో: ‘ఇప్పుడు నేను ముందుగా వేడి టీ తాగి, తర్వాత ఎయిర్ హోస్టెస్ను ముద్దు పెట్టుకోబోతున్నా.’ ఇది విన్న ఓ ఎయిర్ హోస్టెస్ 👩✈️💨 మైక్ ఆఫ్ చేయడానికి పరుగెత్తింది… కానీ ఆ కంగారులో, ఓ చిన్నారి కాలు పొరపాటున తొక్కింది. ఆ చిన్నారి బాధపడుతూ అడిగింది: ‘ఇంత తొందర ఎందుకు? పైలెట్ ముందు టీ తాగుతాను అని చెప్పాడు, ఆ తర్వాత మాత్రమే నీతో ఆయనకి పని ఉంది అని చెప్పాడు.’”
Here is the archive link of the claim:
Fact Check:
The claim is False. The images showing an air hostess in the collage are taken from different incidents. The incident mentioned in the viral post is not real.
When we performed reverse image search individually on the viral images to check the veracity, we found that the images are related to two different incidents. When we searched the first image, we found that it is from the year 2014, when a female Chinese passenger threw hot water and noodles at a cabin assistant during a journey on an AirAsia flight from Bangkok to the Chinese city of Nanjing.
The second and third images in the viral post belong to another incident that went viral in 2016. A flight attendant was distracted by football fans while she was showing safety instructions before flight takeoff.
Therefore, the viral image collage does not show a cabin assistant crying and running towards the cockpit because the pilot forgot to switch off the mic and had a private conversation overheard by everyone on the flight. The claim is False. The images seen in the collage belong to different incidents over the years.
