Nepal Airlines Sacrifices Goats in Front of Troubled Plane

Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 09.04.07 | 1:35 PM ET

Two goats, to be exact. The airline did so in front of a troubled Boeing 757 in Kathmandu in order to appease the Hindu sky god Akash Bhairab, Reuters reports. Apparently the plane had been suffering from electrical problems.

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