Image: AAP/PA Images Image: AAP/PA Images AN AUSTRALIAN AVIATION company says it has received more than 100 threats following an online conspiracy theory that its pilots unleashed a flooding disaster by cloud seeding.
“A pilot from Handel Aviation in Cessna 210N Centurion VH-JIL did a breakfast time cloud seeding run over Lismore South & Ballina today while sightseeing the massive flood below him,” one widely shared post reads. NearMap confirmed to AFP the photos taken by Handel Aviation were commissioned to map disaster-affected areas for insurers and emergency services.
Handel said he tasked his operations manager, Anthony Berko, with responding to each email and calling people who provided their phone numbers.
I’m afraid people are being fed a huge amount of falsehood, written in such a way that it appears believable 😢. Social media must be managed better. The poor pilots