Pilots run out of fuel, pray, land near Jesus sign (Well, we asked for a sign...)

[The Straight Story]

Pilots run out of fuel, pray, land near Jesus sign


WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It seemed like an almost literal answer to their prayers. When two New Zealand pilots ran out of fuel in a microlight airplane they offered prayers and were able to make an emergency landing in a field — coming to rest right next to a sign reading, "Jesus is Lord."

Grant Stubbs and Owen Wilson, both from the town of Blenheim on the country's South Island, were flying up the sloping valley of Pelorus Sound when the engine spluttered, coughed and died.

"My friend and I are both Christians so our immediate reaction in a life-threatening situation was to ask for God's help," Stubbs told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

He said he prayed during the ill-fated flight Sunday that the tiny craft would get over the top of a ridge and that they would find a landing site that was not too steep — or in the nearby sea.

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[Ian David]

1. You know god helps most? People who put enough fuel in their damn planes. n/t

[Cooley Hurd]

2. Owen Wilson?

:D

[angstlessk]

3. of course god prefers to save fools and kill children with disease...

what idiots are these??

[Cronus Protagonist]

4. God never saves people with missing limbs - why is that?

They never grow back limbs. Why does God hate all the crippled children? :P

[The Straight Story]

6. God Version 2.0 should fix that

Soon as Microsoft is done with him :)

[TomInTib]

5. Some years ago, we were living northwest of Houston...

Some guy broke out of prison (Huntsville), went to Tomball (where we were living), killed his wife and mother-in-law at the trailer park, and got in a high-speed chase with the cops.

We were driving down Hwy 149 when the guy came streaking past us, followed by a jillion law cars.

He lost control and swerved off the highway, crashing into the base of this huge sign in front of a church.

Killed the shit out of the guy.

The sign read "The Wages of Sin is Death".

One of the funniest things I have ever seen.