The Unanswered Questions:
- Having dropped the arms and landed at Phuket, Thailand, why did AN-26 return to Madras when it could have proceeded to Karachi via Colombo.
- Why did the various air defense Monitoring centres fail to pick up The aircraft on its radar screens when It strayed off its course.
- Was the powerful air defense Surveillance radar at Kalaikonda switched of.
- RAW now claims it knew of the Proposed airdrop almost awek in advance. But why did it alert the government a day after the arms were dropped.
- Who were the arms for and which Agency funded the operation.
The Problems:
- Overworked ATC officials.
- Existing system unable to cope with the increased traffic load.
- Poor coordination between ATCs and the IAF.
- Lack of timely intelligence inputs.
- Inefficient coomunication network between the DGCA and the ATC.
