Char Dham chopper crash revives parliamentary panel's safety warnings

Another crash of a helicopter carrying Char Dham pilgrims has put the spotlight on unheeded warnings from Parliament's transport committee, headed by JDU MP Sanjay Jha. The panel had flagged a 'responsibility vacuum' and a 'pressure culture' that lets commercial interests override bad weather, and criticised the DGCA for leaving oversight to a state body, calling the two-tier system unsafe.