Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
9%
2 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
2
Technology
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
An Illinois mom on board an American Airlines plane sent a harrowing message to her kids fearing for her life as the cabin “smelled like fire” – before she was forced to “jump from the wing” following an emergency landing.
asserted
she → send → landing
Tessa Springer was on board Saturday’s early morning flight out of St. Louis, Missouri, with her husband, Mark Springer, for a work trip – but the journey was mired in problems before the plane even left the ground.
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plane → mire → ground
Passengers heard a “horrible noise” coming from the back of the CRJ-900 plane as pilots on the Philadelphia-bound flight tried to fire up the engines – before the captain said they “can’t get it started,” Mark Springer told KMOV.
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Springer → hear → KMOV
The jet eventually took off for Philadelphia two hours later – but just 15 minutes into the flight, the plane “felt like it hit … like a car when you slam on the brakes,” according to Mark Springer.
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you → take → Springer
“Maybe a minute later, the plane just kind of goes boom and drops,” he added.
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he → go → boom
“All of the oxygen masks fall and we just kind of looked at each other like ‘Is this serious?
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this → fall → other
The cabin turned hazy and the mom, fearing for her life, messaged her children, “Problem on our plane, love you guys,” according to screenshots she shared on Facebook.
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she → turn → Facebook
“I was like, ‘We’re going to die.’”
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We → go → ?
One person in the family group chat, known only as ES, messaged back, “Wdym problem on the plane?
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person → know → plane
Where are you flying again?
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you → fly → ?
What’s the problem on the plane?”
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problem → ’ → plane
Tessa Springer, who lives in Waterloo, said the plane “smelled like fire” and the moments before the emergency landing “felt like the last minutes of [her] life.”
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moments → live → life
“Mark held me and told me he loved me,” she wrote on Facebook.
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she → hold → Facebook
Passengers were told to release their seatbelts, “get out” and “leave belongings” by panicked cabin crew.
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Passengers → tell → crew
Springer later revealed the plane landed safely – but she had to evacuate via one of its wings.
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she → reveal → wings
“Mark and I got diverted to separate exits,” she wrote on Facebook.
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she → divert → Facebook
“A gracious traveler helped me jump from the wing.
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me → help → wing
Then we all ran into an open field and waited for transportation back to the terminal.”
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we → run → terminal
American Airlines confirmed the plane, operated by PSA Airlines, landed safely after an “odor” was reported on board.
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odor → confirm → board
“The aircraft landed safely at [St Louis] and was taken out of service to be inspected by our maintenance team,” a spokesperson told KSDK.
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spokesperson → land → KSDK
“We apologize to our customers for their experience and thank our team members for their professionalism.”
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We → apologize → professionalism
Passengers received $12 food vouchers as a form of compensation – but fellow passenger, Olivia Clancy, said the paltry offer felt “like a slap in the face.”
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offer → receive → face
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