{"id":9984,"date":"2021-11-04T16:06:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T15:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=9984"},"modified":"2021-11-04T16:22:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T15:22:25","slug":"the-international-air-transport-association-iata-has-not-banned-president-bio-from-overseas-travels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/the-international-air-transport-association-iata-has-not-banned-president-bio-from-overseas-travels\/","title":{"rendered":"The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has not banned President Bio from overseas travels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Claim: A Press Release gone viral on Social Media claims the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has banned Sierra Leone\u2019s President Bio from all overseas travels.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IATA confirms to Dubawa through mail that the claim with the release is forgery and therefore\u00a0 false.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full Text<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A document going viral on social media platforms including WhatsApp has created doubt in the minds of Sierra Leoneans regarding a pupported ban from all overseas travels placed upon the president of the Republic of Sierra Leone Julius Maada Bio<\/a>. WhatsApp users reached out to Dubawa asking to confirm the authenticity of the claim as the release looks real.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe ban on entry on IATA member air flights by the President of Sierra Leone , Maada Bio will be effective on 30th<\/sup> November, 2021,\u201d the first paragraph of the release stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reasons stated in the release for the ban includes a recommendation made from the European Union report on Sierra Leone which the release relates to the frequent travel habit of the President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Verification<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The International Air Transport Association<\/a> (IATA) is the global trade association of airlines. The organization now represents \u00a0290 airlines <\/a>in 120 countries and comprises 83% of total air traffic.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dubawa reached out to IATA\u2019s communication officers through email and they stated that the said document was not from the International Air Transport Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To further verify the claim, Dubawa further searched the social media handles of IATA on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, LinkedIn<\/a> and as well as the website<\/a> to ascertain the veracity of the claim. The claim was not spotted on any of these social media handles. The website has a section for press releases<\/a> and it was also reached to check the latest releases but this claim was not found there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0Two<\/a> press releases were issued by IATA on November 3, 2021: the first was titled \u201cAir Cargo, up 9.1% in September, Capacity Remains Constrained\u201d and the second one was on \u201cModerate Rebound in September passenger demand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no press release about the subject of ban on anyone on the IATA website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact information for IATA press releases usually comes from Corporate Communication with the following number and phone number. Here is the authentic email and number that is attached to IATA press releases<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: corpcomms@iata.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Number: +41 22 770 2967<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The communication details attached at the end of the release on the travel ban is the communication contact information for IATA Latin America, which is not the standard practice of IATA as observed in the numerous press releases on their website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, the house style of IATA press releases was not followed on this document under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authentic IATA Press Releases are numbered at the top left hand corner as seen below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The next line is where the date is. The circulated press release doesn\u2019t have a date or a number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dubawa<\/a> carefully analyzed the claim by checking the red flags on the release as well as conducting investigations on the organization and firmly confirms that the claim saying President Bio has been banned from travelling overseas is false.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claim: A Press Release gone viral on Social Media claims the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has banned Sierra Leone\u2019s President Bio from all overseas travels. IATA confirms to Dubawa through mail that the claim with the release is forgery and therefore\u00a0 false. Full Text A document going viral on social media platforms including WhatsApp has created doubt in the minds of Sierra Leoneans regarding a pupported ban from all overseas travels placed upon the president of the Republic of Sierra Leone Julius Maada Bio. WhatsApp users reached out to Dubawa asking to confirm the authenticity of the claim as the release looks real.\u00a0 \u201cThe ban on entry on IATA member air flights by the President of Sierra Leone , Maada Bio will be effective on 30th November, 2021,\u201d the first paragraph of the release stated. The reasons stated in the release for the ban includes a recommendation made from the European Union report on Sierra Leone which the release relates to the frequent travel habit of the President. Verification The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is the global trade association of airlines. The organization now represents \u00a0290 airlines in 120 countries and comprises 83% of total air traffic.\u00a0 Dubawa reached out to IATA\u2019s communication officers through email and they stated that the said document was not from the International Air Transport Association. To further verify the claim, Dubawa further searched the social media handles of IATA on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and as well as the website to ascertain the veracity of the claim. The claim was not spotted on any of these social media handles. The website has a section for press releases and it was also reached to check the latest releases but this claim was not found there. \u00a0Two press releases were issued by IATA on November 3, 2021: the first was titled \u201cAir Cargo, up 9.1% in September, Capacity Remains Constrained\u201d and the second one was on \u201cModerate Rebound in September passenger demand.\u201d There is no press release about the subject of ban on anyone on the IATA website. Contact information for IATA press releases usually comes from Corporate Communication with the following number and phone number. Here is the authentic email and number that is attached to IATA press releases Email: corpcomms@iata.org Number: +41 22 770 2967 The communication details attached at the end of the release on the travel ban is the communication contact information for IATA Latin America, which is not the standard practice of IATA as observed in the numerous press releases on their website. Additionally, the house style of IATA press releases was not followed on this document under investigation. Authentic IATA Press Releases are numbered at the top left hand corner as seen below.  The next line is where the date is. The circulated press release doesn\u2019t have a date or a number. Conclusion Dubawa carefully analyzed the claim by checking the red flags on the release as well as conducting investigations on the organization and firmly confirms that the claim saying President Bio has been banned from travelling overseas is false.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[1571,4,1268],"tags":[765,347,1735,2159,1272],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[1270,2695],"class_list":["post-9984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-check","category-featured","category-sierra-leone","tag-ban","tag-featured","tag-international-air-transport-association-iata","tag-president-maada-bio","tag-sierra-leone"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-2B2","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":1270,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"alietarawally","display_name":"Alie Tarawally","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4dfb39a6e0d16bf66cb549f4f1310e8b4bff6698e82467a363ad53c8e7f14a9c?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"Tarawally","first_name":"Alie","job_title":"","description":""},{"term_id":2695,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"mohamed-jaward-nyallay","display_name":"Mohamed Jaward Nyallay","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7f33be68c6cd241b1347df1741732e55ee039d9a9ae22406f31af52e07b519b?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/The-International-Air-Transport-Association-IATA-has-not-banned-President-Bio-from-overseas-travels.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9984"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=9984"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=9984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}