can anybody tell me where were all the VIP JETS were at that time. Could those be not used for any public cause ?
On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 S kumar wrote : >If the aircraft was not available immediately and had to be flown in from >Chandigarh, why didn't the Home Minister call on the Civil Aviation Minister >and call for any Civilian aircraft at the airport to be used immediately to >carry them to Bomay? Or even any aircraft ready on the tarmac, to be evacuated >of passengers and used for the purpose? > >Couldn't he understand the real emergency? > >Or the NSG Chief could have made such arrangements of aircrafts at the airport >during the time taby the 200 NSG to get ready, collect the arms and reach the >airport? > >Laxilty and Laccadaisical attitude is more revealing here. > > >--- On Mon, 12/1/08, rti advice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: rti advice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [rti_india] Re: MUMBAI Situation >To: [email protected] >Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 9:16 AM > >http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Why_did_NSG_take_9_hrs_to_get_there/articleshow/3775003.cms > >Why did NSG take 9 hrs to get there? >30 Nov 2008, 0508 hrs IST, TNN > > >NEW DELHI: The terrorists strike Mumbai at 9.30pm. Chief Minister >Vilasrao Deshmukh is in Kerala. He is briefed about the attack on the >city's prime locations. By the time Deshmukh grasps the enormity of >the situation, 90 minutes have gone by. He rings Union home minister >Shivraj Patil at 11pm and asks for NSG commandos. "How many men?" >Patil asks. "200," says the CM. Patil calls NSG chief J K Dutt and >tells him to send 200 battle-ready commandos to Mumbai. > >Most of the NSG men have to be roused from sleep. They don their >uniforms, strap on safety gear, collect ammo and firearms. It is >discovered that the only plane that can take 200 men, the IL 76, is >not in Delhi but Chandigarh. Precious minutes are ticking by. > >The IL 76 pilot is woken, the plane refuelled. It reaches Delhi at >2am. By the time the commandos get in and the plane takes off, >four-and-a-half hours have elapsed. Experts say that unless a response >is mounted within 30 minutes of an attack, the enemy can assume key >defensive positions. > >It takes the aircraft almost three hours to land at Mumbai airport. >Unlike the Boeing and Airbus, IL 76 is a slow plane. By the time the >NSG commandos board the waiting buses it is 5.25am. > >The buses take another 40 minutes to reach the designated place in >south Mumbai where the commandos are briefed, divided into different >groups and sent out on their mission. > >By the time they start their operation, it is 7am in other words, >nine-and-a-half hours after the terror strike. > >Many lives might have been saved had this delay not happened. The >obvious question is why is the NSG stationed only in Delhi. When >Indian cities are vulnerable to terror attacks, why is there no >commando force like the NSG, or its units, in every city? > >------------------------------------ > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >------------------------------------ > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > BIMAL KUMAR KHEMANI member TRAP , TRANSPARENT REELIABLE ACCOUNTABLE PEOPLES MOVEMENT Saha-Prant Sangathan Mantri, AKHIL BHARATIYA GRAHAK PANCHAYAT BRAJ PRANT, 2/40D, Janakpuri, Marrish Road, ALIGARH-202001. INDIA Phone:0571-2401557, MOB:-09359724625 e.mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
