12 with over 200 in service in multiple countries for over a decade now that too when these helos are being flown daily in inhospitable climates such as NE and JK? There is nothing wrong with the helo, the attrition rate is well within acceptable norms and quite a few have been found to be pilot error (the vast majority in fact).
Nailed it. HAL were so desperate for orders they jumped the gun with Ecuador when they would have been smart to conduct some due diligence and steer clear of these amateurs.
+ for all those trying to malign the ALH/HAL, tell me, does any air force select what they consider to be an unsafe aircraft to fly their head of state? Ecuador found the ALH to be perfectly safe to do so, the problems came AFTER it was inducted.