This Video Does Not Show a Pilot Accidentally Releasing Chemicals

Misbar investigated the claim and found it to be misleading. The video does not show a pilot who accidentally released the chemicals while still at the airport. 

The Video of the Plane is From Japan

Misbar’s team found that the claim previously surfaced one year ago. However, the video first appeared online in August 2020. The footage was filmed when a pilot from Japan Airlines was burning oil excess. “This scene can happen following heavy maintenance when there are oil leftovers in the Auxiliary Power Unit (APU),” the source mentioned.

The Chemtrails Conspiracy Theory

This claim was directly linked to the Chemtrails Conspiracy Theory when users shared the footage implying that the trails were more than just condensation trails. 

This conspiracy theory’s followers believe that the trails behind planes are actually evidence of something sinister and that malign forces spray the population with dangerous chemicals.

A Twitter user posted the video and wrote: “Greetings to all who still think chemtrails are “condensation trails,” and added the hashtag: #chemtrails.

This conspiracy, as other conspiracy theories about “satanic forces routinely spraying the planet with chemicals,” appeared in the 1990s. This theory believers claim there are sprays containing a toxic metal being used to pacify or reduce the world’s population. The conspiracy evolved and branched out into strands of the chemtrail theory.

The contrails are formed when water vapor and fine soot particulates from burning jet fuel freeze into ice crystals. In low air humidity, the crystals dissipate. However, in higher humidity, they persist and end up creating visible trails. 

Due to these humidity differences, some aircraft can be seen producing the trails while other engines do not, a BBC report explains.

Met Office meteorologist Aidan McGivern told the BBC that the high humidity means that vapor trails can last longer and become thin layers of cirrus clouds. 

“Cirrus clouds are short, detached and hair-like and are found at high altitudes. It is unlikely that any of these purported chemicals in the clouds would even reach ground level because they are at such high altitudes,” he said.

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