Description: Following the June 12, 2025 crash of Air India Flight 171, bad-faith actors reportedly used generative AI to produce fake videos and images misrepresenting victims and dramatizing the event. These AI-generated fakes spread widely on social media during the investigation delay, reportedly confusing even aviation professionals and misleading the public. Experts warned that the misuse exploited the grief of victims' families and amplified misinformation about the tragedy.
Editor Notes: Timeline notes: The date marked for this incident is 06/12/2025, the date of the Air India Flight 171 crash. The first major known institutional reporting on the proliferation of purportedly AI-generated content pertaining to the disaster appeared on 06/27/2025. For a separate AI incident that pertains to the Air India Flight 171 crash, see also Incident 1097: Google AI Overview Reportedly Misstates Aircraft Manufacturer as Airbus Instead of Boeing in Air India Flight 171 Crash.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Unknown generative AI developers developed an AI system deployed by Unknown social media actors exploiting the Air India Flight 171 disaster, which harmed General public , Families of the victims of Air India Flight 171 , Experts investigating the Air India Flight 171 crash and Epistemic integrity.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Unknown generative AI systems and Social media platforms
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1125
Report Count
3
Incident Date
2025-06-12
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
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MUMBAI -- Rajasthan-based teacher Kuldeep Bhatt's grief over the loss of his cousin, Komi Vyas, in the Air India 171 crash in mid-June was interrupted i…
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Synopsis
Following the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, fake news spread online. An AI-generated accident report circulated, mimicking a real investigation. False i…
The Air India AI171 flight that crashed in Ahmedabad shortly after takeoffon June 12 claimed 275 lives, including 241 souls onboard, with one survivor. The cause of the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner's fiery crash is yet to be ascertained, as the …
Variants
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