
Safety & Regulation
Thin Air, Thin Oversight: What the DGCA's Himalayan Helicopter Audit Really Found
India's aviation regulator has published the findings of eight special safety audits of Himalayan helicopter operators, exposing gaps from unmonitored pilot fatigue to broken emergency plans — and revealing how far high-altitude oversight still has to climb.
21 August 2026 · 9 minRajkumar Agarwal