{"id":74497,"date":"2020-09-02T18:29:56","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T12:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=74497"},"modified":"2020-09-03T17:52:02","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T12:22:02","slug":"explosion-in-uae-after-first-official-flight-lands-from-israel-no-false-claim-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/explosion-in-uae-after-first-official-flight-lands-from-israel-no-false-claim-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosion in UAE after first official flight lands from Israel? No, false claim viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On September 1, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-53971256\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC<\/a> reported that &#8220;the first official flight from Israel to the United Arab Emirates has landed, a major step in normalizing relations after the announcement of a peace deal.&#8221; The report added, &#8220;the UAE repealed a law boycotting Israel which had been in place since 1972, and earlier this month the two countries opened direct telephone services for the first time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the backdrop of this, multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top?q=%E2%80%9CExplosions%20in%202%20American%20restaurants%2C%20KFC%20and%20Hardee%E2%80%99s%20in%20Abu%20Dhabi%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=2%20messages%20in%201%20operation%3F&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> users shared videos of the aftermath of an explosion where a KFC restaurant can be seen surrounded by debris and police cars. A Twitter user posted one of the viral videos and wrote, &#8220;Explosions in 2 American restaurants, KFC and Hardee&#8217;s in Abu Dhabi and Dubai ahead of first Israeli commercial flight operations in the Muslim kingdom. 2 messages in 1 operation?&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Explosions in 2 American restaurants, KFC and Hardee&#8217;s in Abu Dhabi and Dubai ahead of first Israeli commercial flight operations in the Muslim kingdom. 2 messages in 1 operation? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KhsuGNAnaI\">pic.twitter.com\/KhsuGNAnaI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hemir Desai (@hemirdesai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hemirdesai\/status\/1300820848392073217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alt News has not uploaded the other viral videos due to their graphic nature. We have received several requests to fact-check the videos on our WhatsApp helpline (+917600011160) and on our <a title=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews\" data-from-md=\"\">official Android application<\/a>. A set of four videos from the incident is viral with a &#8220;Breaking News&#8221; disclaimer followed by the viral text.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-74497 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/explosion-in-uae-after-first-official-flight-lands-from-israel-no-false-claim-viral\/95205291-6dd3-4369-9721-3f94d8790c9c\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"826\" height=\"1016\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/95205291-6dd3-4369-9721-3f94d8790c9c.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/95205291-6dd3-4369-9721-3f94d8790c9c.jpg 826w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/95205291-6dd3-4369-9721-3f94d8790c9c-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/95205291-6dd3-4369-9721-3f94d8790c9c-768x945.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/explosion-in-uae-after-first-official-flight-lands-from-israel-no-false-claim-viral\/52b362cd-6ef0-41a6-af5f-e860ad22821b\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"862\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/52b362cd-6ef0-41a6-af5f-e860ad22821b.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/52b362cd-6ef0-41a6-af5f-e860ad22821b.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/52b362cd-6ef0-41a6-af5f-e860ad22821b-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>Even before we could complete typing the full sentence for a keyword search, Google auto-suggested &#8220;kfc explosion abu dhabi&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74499 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/2020-09-02-16_59_21-kfc-explosion-abu-dhabi-Google-Search.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1137\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/2020-09-02-16_59_21-kfc-explosion-abu-dhabi-Google-Search.jpg 1137w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/2020-09-02-16_59_21-kfc-explosion-abu-dhabi-Google-Search-300x34.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/2020-09-02-16_59_21-kfc-explosion-abu-dhabi-Google-Search-1024x117.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/2020-09-02-16_59_21-kfc-explosion-abu-dhabi-Google-Search-768x88.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/2020-09-02-16_59_21-kfc-explosion-abu-dhabi-Google-Search-990x113.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1137px) 100vw, 1137px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We found multiple reports on an explosion in KFC in Abu Dhabi. As per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/culture-society\/451408-two-confirmed-dead-in-abu-dhabi-gas-explosion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arabian Business<\/a>, the incident happened on August 31. The report added Abu Dhabi government&#8217;s response on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>The Abu Dhabi Media Office posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/admediaoffice\/status\/1300383755425796096?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet thread<\/a> writing, &#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">According to on-site investigations, the incident was caused by a misalignment in the gas container fittings following refuelling.&#8221; This was followed by another tweet that said, &#8220;Unfortunately, two victims lost their lives \u2013 one near the site of the incident, and a second passer-by who was hit by debris. We extend our heartfelt condolences to their families, God rest their souls.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Unfortunately, two victims lost their lives \u2013 one near the site of the incident, and a second passer-by who was hit by debris. We extend our heartfelt condolences to their families, God rest their souls.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u0645\u0643\u062a\u0628 \u0623\u0628\u0648\u0638\u0628\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0639\u0644\u0627\u0645\u064a (@ADMediaOffice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ADMediaOffice\/status\/1300383755425796096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A report in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/uae\/two-dead-in-abu-dhabi-restaurant-gas-leak-blast-1.1070596\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The National,<\/a> which includes one of the viral videos, confirmed the same. <a href=\"https:\/\/news.abs-cbn.com\/overseas\/09\/01\/20\/2-filipinos-killed-in-abu-dhabi-blast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABS CBN News<\/a> reported, as per the Department of Foreign Affairs UAE, two Philippine nationals were killed in an explosion at a restaurant in Sheikh Rashid Bin Seed Road, (also known as Airport Road) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74504 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/2020-09-02-17_13_22-Two-dead-in-Abu-Dhabi-restaurant-gas-leak-blast-The-National.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"981\" height=\"834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/2020-09-02-17_13_22-Two-dead-in-Abu-Dhabi-restaurant-gas-leak-blast-The-National.jpg 981w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/2020-09-02-17_13_22-Two-dead-in-Abu-Dhabi-restaurant-gas-leak-blast-The-National-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/2020-09-02-17_13_22-Two-dead-in-Abu-Dhabi-restaurant-gas-leak-blast-The-National-768x653.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 981px) 100vw, 981px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thus, the social media claim that the explosions occurred after Israeli commercial flight operations began in the UAE is false.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 1, BBC reported that &#8220;the first official flight from Israel to the United Arab Emirates has landed, a major step in normalizing relations after the announcement of a peace deal.&#8221; The report added, &#8220;the UAE repealed a law boycotting Israel which had been in place since 1972, and earlier this month the two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":74506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[682],"class_list":["post-74497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Explosion in UAE after first official flight lands from Israel? 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