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On 20 March 2014, the Daily Currant published an article stating that former Alaska governor and 2008 vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin had, during an Fox News interview with Sean Hannity, expressed the notion that the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (which disappeared over the South China Sea on 8 March 2014 with 239 persons aboard) may have disappeared because the aircraft mistakenly flew too high and ended up in heaven: Soon afterwards links and excerpts referencing this article were being circulated via social media, with many of those who encountered it mistaking it for a genuine news item. The gist of this article was also circulated in the form of an infographic: However, the Daily Currant article was just a bit of political humor spoofing Palin's reputation for blending political and religious issues together. As noted in the Daily Currant's About page, that web site deals strictly in satire:
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