A video showing the Learjet 60 plane crash has gone viral on social media platforms like X, sparking speculation about whether it is AI-generated.
The widely shared dashcam footage of the Palm Beach County crash is not AI-generated. It was recorded by Aki Kuusisto, a digital creator from West Palm Beach, who first shared the clip on Facebook. The footage uploaded by Kuusisto was dated November 1, 2026, and carried a caption that read:
“Plane crash in Palm Beach County, captured on dashcam.”Kuusisto replied in the comments that “this was not quite what I had in mind when I installed the dash cam. Quite a day.” The footage was first posted on Facebook and then distributed by major outlets including the Associated Press, CNN and others. PolitiFact, a nonprofit fact-checking website, investigated claims that it was “100% AI-generated” after imperfect tools like Hive Moderation flagged parts of circulated clips. PolitiFact found no manipulation in the original footage. Continue reading for more details.