There is a video showing passengers recording cats sitting on the plane's wings while taking off from inside the plane are viral on social media (here, here, here). This post is shared with claims that it is a real case. Let's look at the claims made in this post.
Claim: This video shows the actual incident of a cat sitting on the wings of an airplane during takeoff.
fact: This viral video does not depict an actual incident. Created using Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI detection tool Hive AI has confirmed a 99.9% chance that visuals are generated by AI. Therefore, the claim made in the post is error.
A close observation shows a watermark called “Veo” in the bottom right corner, indicating that the video was likely created using Google's VEO AI model (here, here, here, here, here).
To further check whether viral videos were generated by AI, we analyzed them using an AI content detection tool. Hive, an AI content detection tool, showed a 99.9% chance that the video was generated by AI. Based on this evidence, it is clear that this particular video in question has been generated by AI and does not portray the actual incident.
No reliable media coverage was found claiming the actual cat incident on the wings of the plane during takeoff. However, the only validated case involved a Ryanair flight from Rome to Germany in February 2025, but was delayed two days after a member of the crew noticed a cat on the plane before takeoff. The cat was hidden in the electric bay, so the flight was cancelled for safety reasons despite attempts to remove it.
In summary, there is an AI-created video showing a cat sitting on the wing of an airplane while taking off, being shared as a real incident.
