Vir Das deletes his tweet on Air India days after the Ahmedabad crash, says 'I flew Air India from London and...'

Actor and comedian Vir Das posted a tweet on Air India airlines days after the Ahmedabad crash but deleted it later due to the comments.

Das’ tweet read- “I flew Air India home from London. It was all great. The crew, happy to report, still the kindest in the sky. @airindia.”

I flew Air India home from London. It was all great. The crew, happy to report, still the kindest in the sky. @airindia

— Vir Das (@thevirdas) June 20, 2025

One user said, “The only thing I have to say to whoever came up with this lame PR stunt at @airindia. This is just sad, you’re embarrassing yourselves at this point.”

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His another tweet that was deleted later was- “I should clarify. I support the airline because I have very biased history with them. My grandfather worked for Air India. It is an airline with problems, I know. I have flown every circuit and every seat class through my career.”

The officials investigating the  Air India flight  AI-171 crash are closely drawing parallels with a February 2020 incident at the UK’s Gatwick airport, and are hunting for clues.

The incident, which involved an Airbus A321, saw the plane’s both engines malfunction shortly after take-off.

The pilots made a Mayday call and returned to the airport after 11 minutes after a turnaround.

Fortunately, the Airbus plane had gained an altitude of almost 3580 feet and was able to make the roundabout and touch down after declaring Mayday thrice. However, the people onboard the doomed Air India plane were not that lucky as it came crashing down after gaining the altitude of just 625 feet.