Days after Air India registered an FIR against him, former employee KVJ Rao reiterated his allegations that the airline is not adhering to regulations which may result in serious health issues for its employees and passengers. Air India refused to comment on the matter saying it is an 'internal issue'.

mid-day on April 17 reported that Marine Drive police booked Rao for an e-mail he sent to the Mumbai police, aviation ministry, the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), health ministry and the union home minister. The e-mail claimed that the Air India flight that took off from Mumbai for Frankfurt, Germany on April 2 had no green signal from the DGCA and did enforce social distancing. He also questioned if the people ferried to Frankfurt were screened for COVID-19.