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| Snake on an Air India plane |
| 2008-09-04 |
| Crew on an Air India passenger jet discovered a snake coiled up under a seat and were unable to catch it as it slithered around the plane, the airline said on Thursday. The snake was disturbed during a routine check on the Air India A319 aircraft, which had landed at Delhi airport after a domestic flight from Srinagar. It evaded capture by slipping into an air vent and could not be found even when staff unscrewed panels inside the fuselage, opened all the doors and fumigated the plane. "There was commotion which scared the snake and it went further inside," an airport official quoted. Reports that the snake was a venomous cobra were denied by an Air India spokesman. "The aircraft was parked at Delhi airport for maintenance purposes. There was a snake but not a cobra," he told. "We have no details of what kind of a snake it was, or where it is now. We have taken up this matter with Delhi airport authorities." He denied reports that the snake had caused the plane to be grounded or that its next flight, to Mumbai, had been delayed. The incident, which occurred on Monday, echoed the plot of 2006 hit film "Snakes on a Plane" starring Samuel L Jackson and Julianna Margulies |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #5 Forget that, Rambler. Just get Samuel L Jackson to get medieval on the snake's ass. |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields 2008-09-04 16:01 |
| #4 One sure way to get rid of the snake (if not its body): fly the airplane up to altitude without passengers. Have the flight crew put on oxygen masks. Depressurize the cabin. End of living snake problem. Of course, after a few days you have the problem of a rotting snake corpse somewhere in the ventilation system, but at least you don't have to worry about anybody getting bitten. |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-09-04 15:11 |
| #3 "Coach or first class?" Wonder if this snake was counted as the free carry on or was an extra charge? |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2008-09-04 14:33 |
| #2 Coach or first class? |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2008-09-04 09:40 |
| #1 Okay, someone has to do this: "I'm tired of all these m************ snakes on this m************ plane!" |
| Posted by: Mike 2008-09-04 09:22 |