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Proof: AFP confirms investigation of flydubai co-pilot's Australian links

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-04T00:21:59Z","headline":"AFP confirms investigation of flydubai co-pilot's Australian links","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"abcau","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-04/flydubai-copilot-afp-investigation-australian-links/107226696","v":1}

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SHA-256

d5dbeab422f4924185749f16e1f64b4b8803af335051e93ee17b05f2535b8118

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969783, mined 2026-10-04 00:36 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-04 00:22 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-04 00:22 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-d5dbeab422f4.json prints d5dbeab422f4924185749f16e1f64b4b8803af335051e93ee17b05f2535b8118. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-d5dbeab422f4.json and headline-d5dbeab422f4.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-d5dbeab422f4.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 1 min after it was first seen.