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KATHMANDU - 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.

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.

It is common in Nepal to sacrifice animals like goats and buffaloes to appease different Hindu deities.
The possibilities of this concept for a modern game are endless - is the god actually intervening or angry? Are they really sacrificing to the god, or to something else? Is there an inimical power really interfering with the airline? Or are people being manipulated to think so, in order to hide the malfeasance in the organization?
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