bob,
i am not defending our culture, i am just questioning the note of disbelief in our parts for this particular incident. we know where we came from, don't we? if they had sacrificed and did nothing practically/technically to fix the plane, i would have understood but it's not like that. tens and hundreds of goats are sacrificed in manakamana/dakhshinkali and other devi temples every day...were u ever surprised?