Plane Crash Survivor Was Reading Bible about Being Safe In God’s Wings

Chapecoense footballer Helio Neto, who was among the only 6 survivors in the plane crash which killed 72, was reading the Bible about being safe in the shadow of God’s wings moments before the crash.

The bible was found at the scene of the crash by a journalist Roberto Cabrini with a note and name inside showing that it belongs to the Brazilian footballer.

The bible’s bookmark had been inserted next to Psalms 63, a psalm of David when he was in the desert of Judah.

Psalms 63:6-10 reads;

On my bed I remember you;
    I think of you through the watches of the night. Because you are my help,
    I sing in the shadow of your wings. I cling to you;
    your right hand upholds me.

Those who want to kill me will be destroyed;
    they will go down to the depths of the earth. They will be given over to the sword
    and become food for jackals.

His wife describes Neto as a Christian who has a lot of faith in God and takes the bible with him wherever and whenever he travels.

She also told the press how her husband had told her on the morning of the flight that he had had a dream that the plane had crashed.

''It's the first thing he takes when he travels, and here are his annotations, I'm very grateful to have it back.'' Said the wife as she was being handed over the bible.

Journalist Roberto Cabrini holding the bible at the scene of the crash