John Lobo (Siolim) carried out Kantilal Desai who was injured in the impact. Kantilal, was not wearing a seatbelt! IMAGINE.
A Prime Minister saved, but heroes remain unsaung http://twocircles.net/2007nov05/prime_minister_saved_heroes_remain_unsung.html#.V3iYjjkrL-Y "Just before the plane crash-landed, the crew had asked the trainee engineer Balakrishnan, who was in the cockpit to move to the rear - a clear proof that the crew nose landed the plane fully knowing the consequence. Balakrishnan survived. Had they landed the plane on its belly, the aircraft would have exploded and the story would have been very different," said Babu Cyriac (brother of Squadron Leader Mathew Cyriac). And then this headline: No memorial for errant pilots IMAGINE!— thee was no errancy, but it is seen as such! http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/No-memorial-for-errant-pilots/articleshow/42005351.cms —vjp On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 8:45 AM, Marshall Mendonza <mmendonz...@gmail.com> wrote: > Incidentally John Lobo was in the aircraft accompanying Morarji Desai, then > PM which crash landed in Gauhati. It was piloted by Wing Comdr Clarence > D'Lima another goan from Poona who died in the aircrash. > > Regards, > > Marshall > > > > > > > > > > > *John Lobo an IPS officer, director of the CBI from 1977-79 and a Goan, > turned 95 early June.He is remembered to this day for his tenure of being > fearless, upright, successfully resisting political pressure and taking the > institution to great heights.All the more remarkable when one considers the > slippery slope the CBI has taken to reach its miserable state today.Roland > FrancisToronto.* >