Voice of Nature

and it crashed to the ground, claiming the lives of all the passengers, including the pilot. Since this accident happened on Indian soil, India needed to investigate it according to international law. An aircraft must have a self-recording machine installed, commonly known as the “Black Box.” This black box continuously records the pilot and control tower communication. It is placed in the tail of the aircraft so that it can survive even after the plane’s destruction by fire. Indian authorities recovered the black box from the wreckage of the aircraft. When the tape of the box was played to aid in the investigation, it became evident that in the pilot’s final moments, he uttered these words in Russian: “Peter, save us.” It is clear that Peter or Petr was one of the disciples of Jesus (peace be upon him) and is considered an esteemed figure among Christians. Mikhail Gorbachev In 1990, in the last years of the Communist regime in the USSR, I visited Russia. At that time, an era of freedom had begun. Religious activities were happening in churches and mosques that used to be desolate earlier. I told my guide that we had heard that in Russia, religion had died, but here it seemed to be alive. My companion replied that faith was always active there. The difference was that religion was underground earlier, and now it had come to the fore. The fact is that the concept of God is embedded in human