The Captain has now to share credit for the fortunate landing with... God, according to
ABC News report.
A Roman Catholic friar aboard the Boeing plane that made an emergency landing in Poland says he gripped a tiny lock of hair of the recently beatified Pope John Paul II [relics he took with him] as he prayed for the passengers' survival.
Father Piotr Chyla told The Associated press Thursday that he made the sign of the cross and whispered final absolution for all the 231 people on board while the pilot — who has attained hero status — guided the plane to the ground without wheels after its landing gear failed to deploy.
Chyla says he now credits God, as well as Capt. Tadeusz Wrona and his crew, for the safe landing that some in Poland have hailed as miraculous.
