Pilot ‘heard voice’ telling him to take off three minutes early and ended up saving 148 lives because of it
A Batik Airways pilot credits divine intervention for saving his plane from disaster during Indonesia’s 2018 earthquake. Captain Ricosetta Mafella said a voice urged him to depart early from Palu airport—a decision that allowed his flight to take off just 30 seconds before the 7.5-magnitude quake struck. The tremor triggered a deadly tsunami, killing over…