Airline sacrifices goats to appease sky god

[Gutboy Barrelhouse]

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Officials at Nepal's state-run airline have sacrificed two goats to appease Akash Bhairab, the Hindu sky god, following technical problems with one of its Boeing 757 aircraft, the carrier said Tuesday.

Nepal Airlines, which has two Boeing aircraft, has had to suspend some services in recent weeks due the problem.

The goats were sacrificed in front of the troublesome aircraft Sunday at Nepal's only international airport in Kathmandu in accordance with Hindu traditions, an official said.

"The snag in the plane has now been fixed and the aircraft has resumed its flights," said Raju K.C., a senior airline official, without explaining what the problem had been.

Local media last week blamed the company's woes on an electrical fault. The carrier runs international flights to five cities in Asia.

It is common in Nepal to sacrifice animals like goats and buffaloes to appease different Hindu deities.
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[sinij]

Human sacrifice would have worked a lot better, sacrifice one or two maintenance workers and you won't have any problems again.

[Rishathra]

I'm perfectly OK with these guys sacrificing whatever they want to help with the functioning of the plane, as long as they don't skip the ACTUALLY FIXING THE PLANE WITH TOOLS AND STUFF part.

[Nebu]

I'm perfectly OK with these guys sacrificing whatever they want to help with the functioning of the plane, as long as they don't skip the ACTUALLY FIXING THE PLANE WITH TOOLS AND STUFF part.

BLASPHEMY!

[Sky]

APPEASE ME, MORTALS!

[Paelos]

Wouldn't that involve more booze and less goats?

[Sky]

Meh, don't need much booze these days. Maybe a few NY legislators willing to pass a legalization bill...I do miss mah smokes.