India, Dec. 16 -- As the IndiGo airlines crisis abates, the unfolding events and actions (or the lack of the same) by the government and the airline have got curiouser and curiouser .

Revisiting the factors that led to the crisis that brought India's aviation sector to its knees in early December makes sense -- especially since many are still fuzzy about this. Here is what really happened, based on information from people in IndiGo, other airlines, and the government.

IndiGo drew up its plans for the winter schedule with a total of 301 A320 aircraft and 44 ATRs available for use. The total available crew for the A320s was 2357 pilots in command (and 2194 first officers) and for the ATRs it was 284 (and 275). There were no cancellations ...