"If the aim was to secure the passengers' safety, then what we did was correct "-Misra. Q) The Government is blaming Pakistan but you were unable to immobilise the plane at Amritsar. A) A mere delay in refuelling at Amritsar led to the stabbing of two passengers. Any overt action and the hijackers would have started killing the passengers. Q) Plane could not have been stopped at Amritsar? A) that would have meant a carnage. The hijackers had tied the hands of eight passengers and pulled the flight engineer out of the cockpit to show him this. Q)Why did the Government take so long to send a team to Kandahar? A) We had no relations with the Taliban. We were trying to find out what attitude they would adopt. Q) In the end, the Government succumbed. A) I've spent sleepless nights over this question. The answer is: if our aim was to secure the safety of the passengers then what we did was correct.
