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Posts misidentify pilot involved in fatal Air Canada crash

Following Sunday's fatal crash of Air Canada Express Flight 8646 at LaGuardia Airport, social media posts have widely circulated misidentified photos of pilots Captain Antoine Forest and First Officer Mackenzie Gunther.
Some posts included AI-generated images of a woman, falsely identifying her as Gunther, as these recreations appear to depict an unrelated individual who shares the same name as the pilot.
Other posts incorrectly identified a man wearing a tie as Gunther, though reverse image searches linked this photo to a 2021 Seneca Polytechnic newsletter featuring student Spencer Dyce.
Seneca Polytechnic communications director Cam Gordon confirmed Wednesday that Gunther is not in the newsletter photo, while The Canadian Press verified the pilots' identities through social media posts from Forest's brother and the school.
While some posts included real photos, others relied on fabricated imagery, complicating memorial efforts following the crash, as noted in this report by The Canadian Press published March 25, 2026.

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