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Independent opinion on aviation safety in India and beyond: regulators, accident investigations, airline safety culture and accountability.

Opinion: The Numbers Don't Fly, presented by Safety Matters Foundation. 21 lives lost on Char Dham helicopter routes since October 2022; 55% more pilgrims in IRCTC's 2024 count than the district's; no UCADA accounts published.

The Numbers Don’t Fly: Char Dham helicopter data must be opened up

69 killed, 28 accidents: in each, India's accident investigator documented a failing by the regulator.

28 accidents. 69 dead. The regulator’s failures are on record. Nobody has answered for them.

Illustration: a large grey rhino stands on a night-time runway while a small black swan floats in the glow of the runway lights, under the headline Not a Black Swan. Aviation's Grey Rhinos.

FZ1073: A Grey Rhino, Not a Black Swan

Closing the Insider Gap: The Case for Rapid Implementation of ICAO’s Insider Threat Toolkit

676 feet in Sixty Seconds

Approach & Go-Around

What Two Indian Aviation Crises Revealed About Culture