Snake on Australian cargo flight sends pilot back to Darwin airport
2012 04 11
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AN airline executive says a pilot on a cargo flight found a snake loose in his aircraft and turned back to Darwin, reports The Associated Press.
In a scene reminiscent of the 2006 movie Snakes on a Plane, pilot Braden Blennerhassett saw the snake's head pop out from under the dashboard of his twin-engine Beechcraft Baron G58 shortly after takeoff from Darwin airport, said the report.
Air Frontier director Geoff Hunt said that the pilot was a "cool character" who told air traffic control: "I'm going to have to return to Darwin. I've got a snake on the plane."
The reptile quickly slithered away. A snake handler was later unable to find the snake, which might have escaped after the plane landed. The snake's species is not known, said the report.
Source Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News
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