Like Anderson, like plane

Bhopal: Not just Warren Anderson, the aircraft that helped him make his escape from Indian soil and all the records linked to it are also in the US.
The B-200 Super King plane that took Anderson, the chief of Union Carbide at the time of the Bhopal gas tragedy, from the Madhya Pradesh capital to Delhi is now in the US.
The logbook of the aircraft — bearing the registration VT-EID — that would have had details of passenger(s) who had taken off on December 7, 1984, at 4pm from Bhopal was handed over to Span Air, Delhi.
In late 1998, the then Congress regime in Madhya Pradesh under Digvijay Singh sold the plane to Span Air for an undisclosed sum and handed over its logbook(s).
The Telegraph has learnt that the plane was resold in Anderson’s country about a couple of years ago, once again along with the logbook(s) that listed the records of all passengers who travelled on the aircraft between 1982 and 1998 when it served as a state carrier.
After reaching Delhi by the Super King, Anderson boarded a commercial flight to New York, never to return. He was declared an “absconder” by Indian courts trying the gas tragedy cases and is said to be leading a life of luxury in the US.
Sources said when Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan ordered an internal probe to check details of Anderson’s final journey from Bhopal, he was dismayed to know that the crucial details were far away from India.
Chauhan was reportedly curious to know the identity of the authority that had given written orders which allowed Anderson to escape the law. Although the pilots have not admitted it, there was another “unauthorised” passenger accompanying the then Union Carbide chief executive.
12/06/10 Rasheed Kidwan/The Telegraph

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