DagonKhan Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Phantoms of Flight YANGON Myanmar’s grim air safety record can be blamed on many causes: an undeveloped air traffic management system, antiquated aircraft and poor pilot training, to name a few. In Myanmar and elsewhere in Southeast Asia, ghosts are said to haunt airports, popping up everywhere from cockpits to arrivals halls. (Illustration: A.M. Two / The Irrawaddy) But sometimes, officials at the country’s airports point their fingers to more spiritual—even supernatural—culprits. Local ground crews, baggage handlers and tower communications workers have been known to cite ghosts and spirits as occasionally interfering with aviation logistics, while linking fatal accidents to the poor karma of airline owners, according to Southeast Asia scholar and anthropologist Jane M. Ferguson, who wrote a report titled “Terminally Haunted: Aviation Ghosts, Hybrid Buddhist Practices, and Disaster Aversion Strategies Amongst Airport Workers in Myanmar and Thailand.” Ghosts have reportedly been spotted everywhere from immigration halls to aircraft cockpits. Continues woooo wooo hoooo here:- http://www.irrawaddy.org/feature/magazine-feature/phantoms-flight.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaVisionBurma Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Brilliant article, love it. woooo woooo hoooooooooooooo I see they reference Thailand's aviation sector too... ghosts at Suvanabhumi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyL Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 There should never be a shortage of evil spirits in the region... especially of the alcoholic category! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Looks like they appear everywhere these days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96tehtarp Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I think an exorcism is in order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagobert Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Ghosts yes maybe an energy "BUT" that energy has no bady so therefore can do nothing physicaly.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggt Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 In the West...it is called the Devil...yet it is really alcohol...and irresponsibility... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 It's nice to have ready-made, defenseless culprits who can be blamed if anything goes wrong. It means, you don't have to take responsibility, or improve things. And it looks cute in a native, naïve kind of way. But, reality is coming...even to Burma. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rethaier Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Ghosts yes maybe an energy "BUT" that energy has no bady so therefore can do nothing physicaly.... You will fit right in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxYakov Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 (edited) Ghosts yes maybe an energy "BUT" that energy has no bady so therefore can do nothing physicaly.... Wait for a nice thunderstorm and go stand on a golf course in the rain to confirm your hypothesis (or not). Edited August 25, 2014 by MaxYakov 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belg Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 2014 and people running the country .... same same in thailand... let go "feed the monk" with some gold & cash to resolve the problem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnglishJohn Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I've given up banging my head against a wall trying to argue with my Thai partner that you don't base any decisions on ghosts and spirits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Im sorry but once again this sort of supernatural rubbish which is no different in stupidity to believing in anything ( all religions included) rears its ug;ly stupid head in the year 2014.......................just incredible, that my safety is controlled by people who believe this onsense. Just for once let them go on what we DO know and ignore anything else until it can be replicated, no proof for god no proof for ghosts goblins elves fairies the man in the moon bogie men voodoo u name it some moron will think it up etc etc etc sadly a vast swathe of people " believe"................. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I've given up banging my head against a wall trying to argue with my Thai partner that you don't base any decisions on ghosts and spirits. Or god. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Ghosts yes maybe an energy "BUT" that energy has no bady so therefore can do nothing physicaly.... Wait for a nice thunderstorm and go stand on a golf course in the rain to confirm your hypothesis (or not). preferably barefoot with a very big metal pole, better still a kite! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagobert Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 What about the fat bloke in the red suit "FATHER CHRISTMAS" surely he is real "isent he" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc46 Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Im sorry but once again this sort of supernatural rubbish which is no different in stupidity to believing in anything ( all religions included) rears its ug;ly stupid head in the year 2014.......................just incredible, that my safety is controlled by people who believe this onsense. Just for once let them go on what we DO know and ignore anything else until it can be replicated, no proof for god no proof for ghosts goblins elves fairies the man in the moon bogie men voodoo u name it some moron will think it up etc etc etc sadly a vast swathe of people " believe"................. Yea..same here ,the only spirits I believe in comes in a bottle and I can see and taste that.As for Ghosts ,If one smokes enough Gunja and take a few Jaba pills you may see some Ghosts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchfriis Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Ghosts yes maybe an energy "BUT" that energy has no bady so therefore can do nothing physicaly.... Wait for a nice thunderstorm and go stand on a golf course in the rain to confirm your hypothesis (or not). preferably barefoot with a very big metal pole, better still a kite! Or just stand there with a 1-iron pointing to the sky, because as one famous golfer once said: even God can't hit a 1-iron! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangebrew Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 For 200 million USD hire me I'm a ghostbuster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Scammed Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Ghosts. What next, Ninga Turtles, Spiderman, Batman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxYakov Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Ghosts yes maybe an energy "BUT" that energy has no bady so therefore can do nothing physicaly.... Wait for a nice thunderstorm and go stand on a golf course in the rain to confirm your hypothesis (or not). preferably barefoot with a very big metal pole, better still a kite! Ben Franklin couldn't have said it better. I do believe the rain and being wet is not required, though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxYakov Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Ghosts yes maybe an energy "BUT" that energy has no bady so therefore can do nothing physicaly.... Wait for a nice thunderstorm and go stand on a golf course in the rain to confirm your hypothesis (or not). preferably barefoot with a very big metal pole, better still a kite! Or just stand there with a 1-iron pointing to the sky, because as one famous golfer once said: even God can't hit a 1-iron! What's the weather forecast for Martha's Vineyard? I'd like someone to test this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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