Claim
Muslim men thrash an American tourist on board a Turkish Airlines flight for not wearing a hijab.
Fact
Viral video dates back to April 2021 when a brawl broke out over overhead lockers on a Tunisair flight at Istanbul airport.
Several social media users are circulating a video, claiming to show a group of Muslim men brutally assaulting an American tourist on board a Turkish Airlines flight for not wearing a hijab.
The archived version of the tweet can be seen here and here.
Fact Check
Newschecker first ran a keyword search for “Turkish airlines attack American tourist hijab”, which did not throw up any news reports of such an incident, raising our doubts.
Newschecker then ran a reverse image search of keyframes of the video, which led us to this Daily Mail report, dated April 14, 2021, featuring a clearer version of the viral clip, stating that a plane passenger dragged a woman by the hair and punched her in a mass brawl about overhead lockers on a Tunisair flight. “The shocking incident was filmed on Tunisair flight TU216 at Istanbul Airport in Turkey before the plane was meant to head to Tunis-Carthage International Airport in Tunisia on April 10. Airline officials said the brawl led to five-hour delays because take-off had to be pushed back,” read the report. Similar reports can be seen here, here, here and here, disproving the communal narrative over the viral video.
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Conclusion
A video of a brawl between passengers about the overhead bins on a Tunisair flight at Istanbul airport in April 2021 has been shared with a false communal claim.
Result: False
Source
Daily Mail report, April 14, 2021
The Independent report, April 13, 2021
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