There has been a noticeable increase in bookings of 11A seats in flights after the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad. At the same time, a video has taken the internet by storm where people broke into a verbal fight on Air India flight for the 'lucky 11A seat'. We have checked the source and veracity of this news and here's what we have found:
The video of Indian passengers arguing over a seat has been all over the internet for the past couple of days. The video has been taken on social media by netizens as well as some news agencies claiming it's a fight over the lucky seat. Well, it has turned out that these pages are just spreading a false claim to grab eyeballs.
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Here's the truth of this video:
In the above video, passengers can be seen fighting in Marathi and flight attendants are trying to calm down the situation. Netizens have claimed that people are fighting over the 11A seat by putting up a comparatively trimmed video than the original one.
The original video was posted 4 days ago by a profile on Instagram named @flyhighinstitutenagpur, which uploads such videos. This is an official Instagram account of Fly High Institute, Nagpur and is popular on social media for their viral-comic content. Their content has also featured internet sensations Rakhi Sawant and Deepak Kalal for similar mock-up and comic scripted videos.
The original video is totally different than the speculations being created by others. The video is actually a third part of a video series where a magician on a flight decides to showcase his skills by conjuring a pigeon mid-air. A lady seated on the next seat gets irritated by the sudden appearance of the bird mid-air. She confronts the magician, leading to a heated argument between the two.
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Passengers ready to spend extra for the 'lucky seat'
Demand for the “lucky” seat 11A has surged ever since only one man miraculously survived last week’s Air India crash. On June 12, a London-bound plane crashed shortly after taking off in Ahmedabad, India. The incident killed 270 passengers, crew members and recidents.
