New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- India's aviation regulator issued a sweeping safety warning to charter flight operators on Tuesday after a decade of accident data exposed systemic failures across the sector: pilots overruled by commercial pressure, crews flying in dangerous weather, and training deficiencies. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation issued the warning at a high-level meeting on Tuesday with more than 300 representatives of non-scheduled operator permit (NSOP) holders, according to three officials who spoke to HT on condition of anonymity. The warning follows a comprehensive review of accident data from the past decade, which "identifies non-adherence to SOPs, inadequate flight planning, and training deficiencies as the primary causes of aircraft accidents in the sector". The regulator also warned it will step up random checks of cockpit voice recorder (CVR) audits and cross-verify ADS-B data, fuel records, and technical logs to detect unauthorised operations or the "falsifying" of data. The DGCA has been conducting safety audits of NSOPs and helicopter operators since earlier this month following a string of incidents. These include the January 28 crash of a Learjet 45 that killed former Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar in Baramati. On Monday, a chartered plane carrying a burns patient from Ranchi to Delhi crashed....