Snake on a plane: South African pilot finds venomous cobra under seat during flight
Headline from The Sentinel (Carlisle), on the newest of 2 developments
The pilot had four passengers on board during Monday's flight when he felt "something cold" slide across his lower back. He glanced down to see the head of a fairly large Cape Cobra "receding back under the seat," he said.
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Deadly snake found on plane forces "hero" pilot to make emergency landing
Headline from Newsweek ·
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Snake on a plane: South African pilot finds venomous cobra under seat during flight
Pilot Rudolph Erasmus made an emergency landing on a private plane flight between South African cities Bloemfontein and Pretoria after finding a lethal cape cobra slithering around in the cockpit
A South African pilot had to make an emergency landing when he found himself in a situation straight out of the movies -- a venomous snake was under his seat.
The pilot had four passengers on board during Monday's flight when he felt "something cold" slide across his lower back. He glanced down to see the head of a fairly large Cape Cobra "receding back under the seat," he said.
Rudolf Erasmus, a pilot in South Africa, thought he had four passengers on his flight. As it turns out, he had five: four human passengers, and one deadly Cape cobra.
South African authorities are applauding a pilot's courage for safely landing an aircraft after feeling a venomous stowaway cobra slithering on his body mid-flight.
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