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Hindu sky god duly remedies electrical fault

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Nepal Airlines has apparently fixed an electrical fault on one of its Boeing 757s by sacrificing two goats in appeasement of Hindu sky god Akash Bhairab, Reuters reports.

The airline boasts two Boeings, and one was reportedly giving it a certain amount of grief leading to suspension of services over the past few weeks. However, the quick dispatch to the hereafter of two caprine sacrifies in front of the "troublesome" machine at Kathmandu on Sunday quickly resolved the matter.

Senior airline official, Raju K.C, declined to elaborate on the exact nature of the problem, but confirmed: "The snag in the plane has now been fixed and the aircraft has resumed its flights." ®

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ship christening

So the Nepalese repair the plane and sacrifice a couple of goats. How is that different from building a boat and calling a priest to say incantations and then breaking a bottle? Not to mention the numerous superstitions around boats, or the fallacious cell phone use ban in planes, until airlines can charge for it. You guys need to get out more I reckon.

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move along, move along, nothing to see here

This is their standard procedure for fixing electrical faults. You should see what they do when there are problems with the fuel lines...

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Anonymous Coward

Goat Sausages?

"Fixed some snags" - Yum

"Fix me some snags Bruce, I'm just lighting the barbie!"

"Goat one's OK, Bruce?"

"Yep, mate, that'll do Bruce"

PS: I've actually flown Royal Nepal Airlines quite a few times.

I alwaus wondered what the bloody mary's were made of.

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