Posted on 12/19/2016 12:57:14 PM PST by C19fan
Pakistan's embattled national carrier has been widely mocked for sacrificing a goat next to a plane to ward off bad luck, weeks after one of the country's worst air disasters.
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) turboprop plane built by European manufacturer ATR plummeted into a mountain in a northern region on December 7, bursting into flames and killing all 47 people on board.
The animal slaughter, which took place on Sunday at Islamabad airport and
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Too bad they weren’t Catholic. A quick spritz wih holy water and you’re good to go.
CC
Are we sure it was a sacrifice and not the in flight meal?
Well how else do you keep a plane in the air? Science? pfft
/src on/The will of Allah./src off/
Totes McGoats!
Flew out of Istanbul to Izmir on Turkish Air. A goat was on the lap of a Moslem passenger.
Two things I didn’t know at the time: TA’s terrible safety record; and the *goat* was a lucky charm.
Do the pilots have their asses in the air when they should be flying the plane?
Stupid knucklewalking barbarians. Imagine—people connected to a supposedly modern airline choosing an animal sacrifice to keep the superstitious morons aboard “safe” instead of improved airplane maintenance and procedures. Only the truly retarded must fly this airline. Ooga booga ooga booga Muzzlimes!
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