article_snippet.sent: At 8:00 a.m., he said, the response team was told there were no police aircraft available to take the response team.
article_snippet.sent: A reserve team was then sent by road, while the response team waited in Nairobi for air transport, he said.
article_snippet.sent: Once told aircraft would be available, it took the response team nearly two hours to travel the roughly 22 miles (35 kilometers) to the airport because of the heavy traffic, the commando source said.
article_snippet.sent: Kenya's Police Air Wing Chief Col. Rogers Mbithi told CNN two fixed wing aircraft were ready and waiting for the commandos 45 minutes before the commandos were ready to depart around 12:30 p.m. local time.
article_snippet.sent: Kenya's Police Air Wing Chief Col. Rogers Mbithi conceded that one of two fixed wing aircraft ultimately used to transport the commandos to Garissa left Nairobi at 7:30 a.m. to fly to Mombasa on a scheduled flight, hours after the university attack Garissa began.
article_snippet.sent: two fixed wing aircraft eventually departed for Garissa at 12:30 p.m., followed by a second aircraft about 10 minutes later, Kenya's Police Air Wing Chief Col. Rogers Mbithi said.