Nepal Airlines, the national carrier for the Himalayan kingdom, had a problem with one of the two Boeing 757s that are the pride of its tiny fleet.Nepal Airlines Nepal Airlines formerly known as "Royal Nepal Airlines" is an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal. It is the government owned national flag-carrier airline and operates more than 30 domestic and 7 international routes. Its main base is Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu. , the national carrier for the Himalayan kingdom, had a problem with one of the two Boeing 757s that are the pride of its tiny fleet. The plane was malfunctioning mal·func·tion intr.v. mal·func·tioned, mal·func·tion·ing, mal·func·tions 1. To fail to function. 2. To function improperly. n. 1. Failure to function. 2. , and technicians were baffled. Airline executives decided to try a faith-based approach. Reasoning that they must somehow have incurred the displeasure of Akash Bhairab, the Hindu sky god, they sacrificed two goats on the tarmac in front of the plane. That seemed to do the trick: The plane later took off and flew to Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. with no further mishaps. The blogger who calls himself Galloping gal·lop·ing adj. 1. Of or resembling a gallop, especially in rhythm or rapidity. 2. Developing or progressing at an accelerated rate: galloping technology. 3. Beaver came up with a headline we shall not attempt to improve upon: "Akash Bhairab is My Co-pilot." |
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