When contacted, Air India said pilots conducted simulator tests on their own, and the airline had no role in that.

India's nodal aircraft accident probe agency, AAIB, launched a probe after the tragedy and constituted a multidisciplinary team on 13 June

As quoted by the Economic Times (ET), the CEO of digital fraud detection firm mFilterIT, Amit Relan, remarked that the company has “ observed a disturbing pattern in how bad actors are leveraging AI and social media platforms to spread misinformation and commit fraud during sensitive events like the Air India Flight 171 crash. ”