Signs of Allah in a Plane Crash

On July 8, 2003, a plane crashed in Sudan and all the passengers and crews died except a young boy who was only 2 years old. This is indeed a miracle of Allah. Out of all the people, this boy probably had the least ability to defend himself, yet he is the only survivor. In addition, anyone falling from such a height would die anyway. But, Allah is showing us that He is able to do all things.

"Verily, Allah! Unto Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, He gives life and He causes death. And besides Allah you have neighter any Wali (protector or guardian) nor any helper." Al Quran (9:116).


Child only survivor of Sudan crash
Tuesday, July 8, 2003 Posted: 5:46 PM EDT (2146 GMT)

(CNN) -- A child is the only survivor of a Sudan airways passenger jet that crashed, killing 105 passengers and 11 crew.

The plane, a Boeing 737 on a domestic flight, crashed Tuesday morning shortly after takeoff from the Red Sea town of Port Sudan in the northeast of the country.

"Only one child has survived," government spokesman Abdel Hamid Abdeen told CNN. "This is a very, very tragic accident. A big human loss."

The child, a 2-year-old boy, was rushed to hospital in good condition, Red Sea provincial government spokesman Salah Ali Ahmed told Sudanese television, The Associated Press reported.

The plane came down in wasteland about 5 km (3 miles) from Port Sudan airport. No damage or casualties have been reported on the ground.

The pilot reported "technical difficulties" about 10 minutes after the plane took off for Khartoum and crashed a short time later as he tried to return to the Port Sudan airport.

"The pilot contacted the tower and decided to return to the airport. While trying to land, the plane crashed," he said.

Sudan Airways officials said 55 Sudanese men, 27 women,16 children and seven foreigners, including Malaysians and French, were on the flight. No other details on the passengers were known.

The dead were moved from the charred remains of Flight SD 39 to morgues in Port Sudan.

Abdeen said that as far as he was aware the plane had no history of technical problems. Technical teams are being sent from Khartoum to Port Sudan to investigate.

There have been few passenger plane crashes in recent years in Sudan. A year ago, a Sudan Airways cargo plane crashed into a residential area of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, killing 23 people, mostly passengers and crew.