Nepal airline sacrifices goats to appease sky god

Reuters ^ | September 4, 2007

[Stoat]

Nepal airline sacrifices goats to appease sky god

Tue 4 Sep 2007, 13:37 GMT

 

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 on 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 on 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. (Eds: name correct), 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.

[ari-freedom]

Should’ve used Aflac!
naaaa!

[JoanVarga]

At last! A corporate strategy that Delt hasn't tried in the last 18 years.

[Stoat]

Dose Nepal airlines sever food on it’s flights?

Quite an appropriate typo, given the context of the article   :-)

As to whether they serve food, yes they do:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Royal Nepal Airlines, Royal Nepal Airlines Flights

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• Exclusive meals in all classes
• Refreshments
• Cocktails
• Towels, blankets, closets in Business class
• Medical help

 

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[JoanVarga]

s/b Delta. duh.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

That’s the radish festival in Oaxaca.

[uglybiker]

I guess this means that they’ll be servig dinner on this flight.

[grjr21]

 

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 on Tuesday.

I know animal sacrifice is necessary to repair some electrical problems with Lucas electronics  but this is the first time I've heard of it being used with Boeing
 

[Bitsy]

I’d rather have the goats alive, in case we crash in the mountains.

I would rather have goat curry served with a nice Chianti.

[noah]

That should do it. Don’t we all feel more confident already?

[Larry Lucido]

And some fava beans?

[Larry Lucido]

You owe me a keyboard.

And a goat.

[Lazamataz]

To make you spew Diet Coke is immensely satisfying, because turnabout is fair play. ;^)

[evets]

They should've just scared 'em real bad.

[Dumpster Baby]

The US Navy also feeds sacrifices to their aircraft:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_gpPbpONK4

[Bitsy]

And some fava beans?

Of course!

[MarkBsnr]

I’ve sacrificed the occasional piece of luggage to the sky gods.

[Natty Bumppo@frontier.net]

I know animal sacrifice is necessary to repair some electrical problems with Lucas electronics but this is the first time I've heard of it being used with Boeing

You got away with just animal sacrifice? Do dish, what's your secret?

My encounters with Lucas (aka The Prince of Darkness) invariably involved massive amounts of cash offerings and incredible human suffering.

[Designer]

(Pilot to crew chief) "Do we have top flight mechanics?"

(crew chief) Naa-aa-aa We have something different.

(p)"Do we have maintenance sub-contracted?"

(cc)Naa-aa-aa

(p)"Do we have the latest maintenance program in place?"

(cc) Naa-aa-aa

Naa-aa-aa

Naa-aa-aa

[Daffynition]

Life is full of perils.

[Bender2]

Re: Nepal airline sacrifices goats to appease sky god ^

Now, that's... just Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadddddddddddd

Bender, you are mistaken. Sheep... say, "Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadddddddddddd." Being fluent in over six million forms of communication, I know Goats go Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnaaaaaa!