Nepal Airlines sacrifices goats to appease sky god

[Matt Molnar]

Airline sacrifices goats to appease sky god
Wed Sep 5, 2007 2:22AM EDT

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.

[cancidas]

um... ok. maybe we should start doing that at work for all the broken colgan and wisconsin airplanes we get. really hate being an mx base, they send everything broken to us.

[T-Bird76]

I hear some U.S Airlines will be outsourcing their MX to Nepal. hehe