Vinayak Davray-Navigator Extraordinaire and International Aircraft Accident Investigator
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In this episode, we interview Wg. Cdr. Vinayak Davray, who was commissioned as a Navigator into the Indian Air Force in 1963. After a long a successful career on Dakotas and Canberras, he moved to civil aviation, where he played a key role in the growth of Civil Aviation Departments of several countries around the world. He also trained as an Aircraft Accident Investigator in the US, and led / participated in several important accident investigations. His profile may be found here: https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/7475 A link to the Gulf Air A320 crash is here: https://wiki2.org/en/Gulf_Air_Flight_072 A link to the mid-air crash between a TU-154M and  B757 is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_%C3%9Cberlingen_mid-air_collision
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