The probe into the crash of a helicopter in Arunachal Pradesh last year has brought out scary details on the state of helipads in the country. Headlines Today dug out the report of the probe committee which says only nine of the 500 helipads in the country were safe to land on.According to the panel's report, apart from these nine helipads others were uncertified for landing. The finding is alarming considering the large number of politicians and businessmen who use helicopters to go about their everyday business.The sorry state of Indian helipads has been revealed by the three-member committee, appointed by the Union civil aviation ministry. The panel, comprising retired Indian Air Force officers, had probed the Tawang crash in which 19 people were killed.The chairman of the committee, Air Marshal Rajkumar, told Headlines Today that lives could have been saved had there been basic facilities at the helipad.Shockingly, the panel found out that none of the 120 helipads in Arunachal Pradesh have been certified by the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).It found that there is no training to deal with crash and rescue work at helipads. The helipads that should be manned by 44 officials hardly get a person each.The report further states that despite Tawang being a district headquarters it did not have a fire tender. The committee found that lives could have been saved in Tawang if there were fire extinguishers available.The DGCA admits that Tawang is a wake up call. It even admitted that helicopters were being flown in the country and were landing at helipads that have not been certified.However, the probe committee says, DGCA could not be blamed as it was working with just 25 per cent of its staff capacity. The shortage of staff in the aviation watchdog was having a direct bearing on safety and commercial flying activities in the country.