Mysuru, Oct. 18 -- Mere six-minute show disappoints spectators

Thousands of spectators who gathered at the Torchlight Parade Grounds in Bannimantap this morning to watch the Dasara Air Show were disappointed as bad weather forced the Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team (SKAT) to cut short its display to just six minutes.

The show, scheduled to begin at 11 am, started 13 minutes late. Spectators, many of whom had arrived by 10.30 am, waited patiently to watch the aerial manoeuvres.

The nine jets took off from the Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bengaluru at 11 am and reached Bannimantap at 11.13 am.

As Squadron Leader Sharad Geol, the team's commentator, announced the arrival of the nine red-and-white BAE Hawk Mk.132 trainer jets, the crowd look...