In commenting on the recent accidents of the Boeing 737 Max, one expert cited the poor airmanship of the pilots involved. “He showed how all four pilots failed to cope appropriately—one of them, in fact, turning to prayer as a last, and futile, resort.” [1]
Christians often cite answered prayer as a reason to believe in the reality of God and his involvement in our lives. Well, here is one documented case of God not answering prayer. Why did he not?
In another aviation incident, a pilot was flying a twin engine aircraft when one of the propeller blades broke loose and became lodged in the nose of the aircraft. There is no record of the pilot praying. When the pilot safely landed the aircraft he inspected the nose of his aircraft. What he found was the propeller blade had lodged one inch away from a fully charged oxygen bottle. [2]
Why was the one plane spared and not the others with their load of passengers?
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[1] Peter Garrison, “Trouble to the Max”, Flying, January/February 2020, p. 85.
[2] John Jackson, “A Bump in the Night”, Flying, July 2019, pp. 20-23.
