Hero co-pilot who landed plane thanks Upstairs :)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=509325&in_page_id=1770

"All the crew did their job absolutely brilliantly but I think some thanks has to go to the Man Upstairs for giving us that little lift at the end."

All airline crew take part in extensive drills in dealing with the nightmare scenario of what to do when a jet's engines suddenly stop at 30,000ft - but not when it is just about to land.

"We are intensively drilled in how to re-fire the engines," said 41-year-old Mr Coward.

"But in this case there was no time - just a matter of seconds.

"I just focused on holding it up in the air as long as possible, then keeping it straight. When we landed there were several thuds. I expected there to be a major catastrophe but there wasn't.

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I'm sure the angels are smiling and that the archangel Michael has not even pulled a hernia :-)