Brazilian Priest Going Going Gone!

[Oz]

Does it matter whether God is your co-pilot if you have no way to steer? Hopefully someone thinks to ask that to the Brazilian priest who went missing after he drifted out to sea while trying to set a record for a flight using helium-filled party balloons — if the poor guy is ever heard from again, that is. From Reuters:

 

Father Adelir Antonio de Carli began his flight suspended in a harness-like seat from 1,000 balloons of various colours Sunday in the southern port of Paranagua. He had intended to fly 20 hours due west but unexpected winds carried the 42-year-old Roman Catholic priest out over the south Atlantic on a southeasterly course.

 

Denise Gallas, co-ordinator of the parish where de Carli worked, said he was last heard from Sunday evening when he used his cell phone to give his co-ordinates.

 

“He was already over the ocean then,” she said.

 

De Carli, who flew around 55 miles before losing contact, had wanted to draw attention to the work of his parish in Paranagua, which targets mostly truck drivers who transport goods to and from the port.

 

Rescue workers searched the coast farther south, in Santa Catarina state, Tuesday by boat and plane in the hope of finding de Carli alive.

Author: Chris Boutet

Date: 22/04/08

Source: National Post

Copyright: NP?

[sunnycoaststoner]

what a dickhead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nothing more to say i'm afraid...

[nimrod13]

Maybe God scooped him up and took him straight to heaven!!

[Rose Gardener]

You know you're fucked when...

 

~Rose.

[ConvexConepiece]

Being a priest must make people stupid. This day and age as if you wouldnt take a GPS with you so you could be tracked...

[Oz]

He had GPS n a phone was last heard from somewhere over the ocean... They've recovered balloons now in the ocean but no priest...

[Rose Gardener]

Sounds like he should have worn and EPERB! lmao

[Mulcontent]

he obviously didnt watch danny deckchair , maybe pack an air rifle and a box of slugs next trip

[Rose Gardener]

he obviously didnt watch danny deckchair , maybe pack an air rifle and a box of slugs next trip

 

That's is there IS a next trip!

 

He seems a like a Darwin Award candidate.

 

~Rose.