GumNaam
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it's not a question of how fast the airliners were going but a question of how fast brahmos past them all came into an area where the airliners wouldn't be under any threat by the intercepting missile(s). hence why the position of the airliners is so important in knowing the true picture of what happened. all we know is that there were two intl airliners (ksA and Qatari) and 3 domestic airliners on the route. where were they, how far apart were they, how far were they from mian channu are all important but unanswered questions.It was a long wiat.... I can tell.
Now seriously, how far do you think airliners travelled in those 2 minutes? I have travelled on that highway quite often & I can report that North-South flights are not too far removed from its alignment. So, saying that AD waited seems meaningless in context. I question the wisdom of firing a SAM which has a range of hundreds of kilometers when there are airliners in vicinity (airliner 0.7-0.8 Mach, missile 3-4 Mach).
Had it been hit directly, it would likely not be in a single piece or impact the way it did.