They would probably have had plenty of time. The fishing boat left Porbandar the 13 November and was not reported missing until it was found floating outside the Mumbai harbour.
One can assume that the dead man aboard was the owner/captain who was killed (beheaded) once he had fulfilled his duties. Whether he had been paid or coerced we don’t know.
What remains to be found out - among other things - is whether the fishing vessel picked up the terrorists on the coastline somewhere, or if there was another larger vessel that acted as the real base of operations.
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Mumbai Terror Attack Updates Day 2
November 27, 2008, 7:46 PM (GMT+02:00)
- Group of hostages leaves Chabad Center on second night of Mumbai's seizure by Islamist terrorists.
- It is feared that none were Israelis although several are known to be held in the building.
- Israel-India flights continue on schedule. One carried a group of Israeli doctors for Mumbai.
- The Islamist terrorists attacking Mumbai for the second day came from outside the country, believed Pakistan.
- Indian security sources report many Israeli hostages in the Oberoi Hotel, which the terrorists still control amid sustained gunfire in the lobby.
- Heavy battles resume in the Taj Palace Hotel.
- Indian naval troops board the MV Alpha freighter suspected of having sailed the terrorists to Mumbai's shore from Karachi, Pakistan.
- Anti-tanks missiles handed out to Indian commando force battling terrorists at Taj Palace hotel.
- Indian general: Four or five terrorists inside Chabad Center.
- Islamist shooting attacks and blasts spread to southern Mumbai away from the hotel district ---
- Terrorists hurl grenades at Indian forces surrounding Chabad Center and the Oberoi hotel.
- Fighting flares up anew in the Taj Palace Hotel said to have been cleared Thursday. Some hostages escaped and many bodies were found in guests' rooms.
- Terrorists are still holed up at the Oberoi Hotel and Chabad Center with hostages, including Israelis, under police-commando siege.
- A woman and child held at Chabad center came out of the building.
- The Mumbai stock exchange stayed shut.
- Police sappers defused bombs containing RDX strewn across the town.
- International airlines canceled flights to the beleaguered Indian town.
- The terrorists wear elite military unit uniforms. Each has an automatic rifle, grenades and military-style kit.