Mumbai: Actress-singer Suchitra Krishnamoorthi faced backlash after falsely accusing the lone survivor of the tragic Ahmedabad plane crash.
Viswashkumar Ramesh miraculously survived the horrific crash, which claimed 270 lives.
Suchitra doubted the lone survivor’s account and accused him of fabricating his story, believing in a rumour doing the rounds on social media.
In a now-deleted post on X, Suchitra had written, “So this #vishwaskumarramesh lied about being a passenger on the plane & the only survivor? This is seriously weird. Didn’t his family in the UK corroborate his story? What about his brother’s funeral that he was seen giving kandha to?” while adding that if the rumour was true, then Vishwas “deserved serious punishment or a mental asylum.”
The actress was soon called out for spreading unverified information, when Viswashkumar’s survival had been officially confirmed by the hospital in Ahmedabad and covered extensively by the mainstream media.
Suchitra later deleted the tweet and issued a public apology.
“Took out my last tweet on the Air India crash survivor. Seems to be false news circulated for God knows what reason. My apologies,” she wrote in a follow-up post.
She further clarified that the false report was shared by a friend on social media and she regrets not verifying facts before reposting.
The tweet on air india survivor – i saw on the insta feed of an ex times of india journalist. So wrongly assumed it may be correct
Shared in haste . It was a mistake.
My apologies once again.
So much AI and misinformation in the world, & so much panic and grief after all these…
— Suchitra Krishnamoorthi (@suchitrak) June 20, 2025
The 40-year-old British national Viswashkumar, who is originally from Diu, had travelled to India to visit his family along with his cousin brother Ajay.
On June 12, both Viswash and Ajay were returning to London on Air India flight AI-171 when tragedy struck. All but Viswashkumar on the plane carrying 242 people died, along with 30 people on ground after the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft crashed into a medical college hostel building just 32 seconds after taking off from Ahmedabad airport.