Despite the best effort by the Singapore Government to fulfill the
demands from the Pakistani Hijackers, the one demand that the SGP
Government could not fulfill was that the Hijackers be allowed to
speak to the Pakistani PM - Miss Bhutto.
She declined to take the call, and would not even speak to the
Singapore Minister in charge, and had her Officials to discuss the
issues with the SGP authorities.
The Pilot was courageous, and used his own initiative to pass
information via the Control Tower on the situation inside the
plane; using normal "flight talk" as a cover.
He could not ascertain the types of weapons and explosives carried
by the Hijackers, but confirmed that the Hijackers had doused the
plane and passengers with alcohol - that would have caused an
immediate inferno at the spark of a flame, with or without
explosives.
Excessive force ?
Easy to judge when the full picture is known after the fact has
been established..
It was a poker game that the Pakistani Hijackers tried to play with
Professionals, and their bluff was called, and they lost.
