Army pilot and chief engineer are flying over the desert. The engine quits and pilot carries out a perfect landing.
Moments later they are surrounded by angry Arab horsemen and are arrested for landing in a forbidden area sacred to the Arabs.
At the Arab camp they are duly sentenced to death by guilotine but are offered a last request by the Arab Chief.
The pilot requests to be the first to die and also that he face skywards so that the blue sky he has viewed while flying is the last thing he will see. This is granted and the aviator is placed at the guilotine facing skywards. The Chief gives the nod to the executioned and the guilotine blade falls. To the surprise of all the blade jams. The Chief sees this as a sign from Allah and the death penalty is withdrawn. The chief engineer is asked his last request and states that he too wishes to face skywards for the very same reasons as his pilot. He is placed at the guilotine and awaits his fate.
Just before the Arab Chief give the nod to the executioner the hapless engineer shouts ' Stop! Stop! I can see the fault why the blade jams.