New Delhi, July 18 -- Former Fighter Pilot at Indian Air Force Captain Sharath Panicker has criticised the Wall Street Journal's report on the Air India AI 171 crash, saying the publication lacks the locus standi to report on the incident without authorisation from India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau.

Speaking to ANI on Friday, Captain Panicker highlighted that a narrative is being built using details not officially released.

"There seems to be a narrative that is being built out here, first by the reporter who reported this 2 days before, then later on picked up by the Wall Street Journal, which reported two days later, a similar-looking narrative. Now, the third instance of the Wall Street Journal again on the 17th of this ...