Dramatic footage spread online showing a plane plunging to the ground was in fact filmed in Chile in January 2024. "An aircraft helping to extinguish a fire in the American city of Los Angeles ...

“America California los angeles Fire plane crash (sic),” reads ... Al Jazeera posted the original video of a plane crash in Talca, Chile, in January 2024. Elements of the clip, including ...

Orange County DA Todd Spitzer requested the suspension of Chile from the ESTA Visa Waiver Program due to concerns over crime ...

The article noted that the video was from Chile and not Los Angeles, as claimed. We, then, ran relevant keyword searches and found that Al Jazeera also uploaded the same video on their YouTube page on ...

The post included hashtags “Los Angeles” and “CaliforniaWildfires ... it shows the Third Fire Company of Nunoa, an area in Chile’s capital, Santiago. “With a GoPro filming, the ...