Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
14%
3 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
CBS News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
346
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
The
on a Wednesday flight to Israel says his faith gave him the courage to seize what he believed to be a last chance to save himself and the 173 other people on board the plane.
asserted
he → say → plane
Flight captain Smit Machchhar told India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an emotional video call from his hospital bed in Saudi Arabia on Thursday that, despite multiple stab wounds, he managed to open the cockpit door to let in
, likely saving the 174 people on the Boeing 737."I
asserted
he → tell → Boeing
was fighting for my life," said Machchhar.
asserted
Machchhar → fight → life
"When I was lying on the floor I could feel the aircraft was going down.
uncertain
aircraft → lie → floor
I knew exactly that this would be the last push.
asserted
this → know → ?
I told myself that if I didn't get up, there would be a problem.
asserted
I → tell → myself
I managed to open the door, and then everyone else came in."
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everyone → manage → door
Machchhar told Modi how, in his darkest moments, he repeated Hindu religious chants and clung to his faith, believing "God would save us."
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God → tell → us
He apologized for breaking down in tears as he told the Indian leader he had never really been "proud of myself, but today I am."
asserted
I → apologize → myself
The first question Modi asked Machchhar was how he was feeling, to which Machchhar, wearing a bandage around his head and with an oxygen tube still in his nose, replied simply: "All good, sir."
asserted
Machchhar → ask → nose
"I am not thinking about the wounds that much," the captain said.
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captain → think → wounds
"I look at this as a journey.
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I → look → journey
"Get better and healthy, the whole nation is with you," the Indian leader told him.
asserted
leader → get → him
"I don't want to bother you much.
asserted
I → want → you
Co-pilot transferred to UAE for questioning
The co-pilot of FlyDubai flight 1073, who has not been identified by authorities, was transferred Thursday from Saudi Arabia to the United Arab Emirates for questioning by Israeli, UAE and Saudi officials, an Israeli official confirmed to CBS News on Friday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that the man stabbed the pilot and "apparently attempted to crash the plane with everyone on board."
Saudi officials said Wednesday that the co-pilot was hospitalized after the incident and treated for unspecified injuries.
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pilot → transfer → injuries
An Omani official confirmed to CBS News that the attacker was born in Oman and currently holds Omani citizenship, but the Omani government has not publicly confirmed his nationality.
Netanyahu
that Israel knew he had undergone "Islamist radical indoctrination" based on "personal information" gathered during initial questioning.
asserted
he → confirm → questioning
He did not offer any further information on the alleged indoctrination, but told Fox News the alleged attacker was "suicidal," and that after he was subdued by other crew members and passengers, he shouted: "Kill me, kill me!"President
asserted
he → offer → me
Trump on Thursday suggested the co-pilot was linked to Iran, going further than Netanyahu, who had said it was still "too early to say" if Iran could have been involved.
uncertain
Iran → suggest → Netanyahu
"We're working on it right now," Mr. Trump said Thursday at the White House when a reporter asked if the co-pilot had links to Iran.
asserted
pilot → work → Iran
I would say the answer, based on what I'm hearing, is yes.
asserted
I → say → what
But we're working on it right now."
asserted
we → work → it
Asked if the co-pilot could have been working for or with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or radicalized some other way, Mr. Trump replied that he "could've been, yeah."
uncertain
he → ask → Corps
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