Indeed, the exact route of Ninoy coming back may be known only to Ms. Cory and Gen. Fabian - and of course, the CIA. Ms. Cory was always in touch with Mr. Danding (cf. F. Pascual, Phil. Star) and if Mr. Ninoy was calling Ms. Cory of his exact whereabouts at any time, was Mr. Danding always privy to such information? How could Ninoy's killers know his exact flight date and his flight number back to Manila? Note that wala pang cellphone nuon so how can they be so positive about his arrival that they were able to assemble those guys at MIA at that exact date and time at so short notice if nobody tipped them? Alam ng killer ang date at time ng pagdating nya dahil naka synchronize dito ang pag dating ng killer sa tarmac.
Ms. Cory was at Cebu at the time of the announcement of Manong Johnny and Mr. Greg of their withdrawal of support of Mr. Andy. Dumating na lang sya sa Manila on the third day of the EDSA event at nagpakita lang dun sa POEA Bldg. Hindi sya ang pasimuno nor one of the main players who started the EDSA event. Bumalik lang sya sa Manila dahil her advisers felt that naiiwanan na sya ng struggle against Mr. Andy - wala sya sa frontline ng action. Kung baga eh sumakay na lang sya. Pati mga "communists" at "boycott group" ay naging fence sitters. Binigay ni Manong Johnny ang Presidency kay Ms. Cory on a silver platter. That is the historical truth. Lahat ng kwento about "divine intervention" are all media hype. Andun nga mga operatives na amerikano sa EDSA at that time so how can that be "divine"?
Yun mga pahayag ni Mr. Ninoy sa kanyang pagbalik ay pam propaganda lang - to make him stil credible to the local opposition led by Mr. Doy, to project himself as their leader still. The truth is sugal yun sa kanya dahil alam na alam nya na may sakit si Mr. Andy nun araw na yun. He knows that he could march to Malacanang and on that very day be installed as the President. Sya ang gusto ni Mr. Andy na pumalit sa kanya dahil alam ni Mr. Andy na sya lang ang may kaalaman at karisma to hold the country at that critical moment of our history. On that very day, walang malay si Mr. Andy so Mr. Ninoy can very well be the President if he could have reached Malacanang. Note na wala tayong rules on succession at that time. Dahil wala rin cellphone, wala means for fast flow of information. Natalo sya sa kanyang gambit dahil na intercept sya - kung baga eh na ambush sya. Pangalawang ambush nya dahil ang una ay nung ihaharap nya si Mr. Taruc kay Mr. Ramon ay na ambush na naman sya ng military.
During those five days, there was no access to Mr. Andy and any such "access" was really just a physical access to Gen. Fabian. Gen. Fabian was practically the de facto "President" during those crucial days.