No, Saudi Arabian man did not accidentally purchase two Airbus jets

There was a viral news recently shared among social media stating that a Saudi Arabian billionaire accidentally bought two Airbus jets for his son as birthday present. He paid whooping USD 700 million for the miniature model of passenger jets but it actually happened to be original ones.

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Published:30th Aug, 2019 at 5:46 PM

Chennai

Many social media users shared this story as it seems to be true but the news orginated from a satirical website. The message circulated also talks about the length process of buying one of these expensive jets. But actually it is not an easy process to buy Airbus jets by simply handing over credit card details.

A quick google reverse image search helped us to trace the screenshot to the website Thin Air Today. The message has been shared more than 3000 times on facebook via various accounts and received more than 2,000 likes on Instagram since it was originally published on August 15, 2019.

However, the website says in a small disclaimer on the bottom of the web page that all of its content is satirical.

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No, Saudi Arabian man did not accidentally purchase two Airbus jets

There was a viral news recently shared among social media stating that a Saudi Arabian billionaire accidentally bought two Airbus jets for his son as birthday present. He paid whooping USD 700 million for the miniature model of passenger jets but it actually happened to be original ones.

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