India, June 13 -- As India mourned one of its worst aviation disasters in a decade, Indian-origin millionaire and Hotmail co-founder Sabeer Bhatia faced sharp criticism for a social media post that many described as "insensitive" and "ill-timed." On Thursday afternoon, an Air India Dreamliner bound for London crashed just minutes after taking off from Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 passengers and crew members on board.

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In the aftermath, Bhatia took to X (formerly Twitter) and posted,

"Do you really think the 4th largest economy in the world should still be having plane crashes due to systemic failures?...