India has retained topmost category status on aviation safety. Confirming this, the US Federal Aviation Administration today said India was considered a role model in this field for other nations to follow. <br/><br/>At a meeting with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, the FAA team said the Indian regulator continued to sustain the actions demonstrated last year in meeting international standards for effective safety oversight of India's airline industry. <br/><br/>The categorisation enables Indian carriers and their aircraft to fly to the US and other countries. It also helps in the export of Indian-made equipment and parts to the US for use by the aviation industry there.<br/><br/>The safety audit came in the backdrop of the May 22 Mangalore air crash and several aviation safety incidents.