Snake on a plane grounds Emirates flight
- By AFP -
- Jan 09, 2017
DUBAI: An Emirates flight from Muscat to Dubai was cancelled after baggage handlers discovered a snake in the aircraft’s cargo hold.
The animal was found before Sunday’s flight from Oman, the airline said in a statement, adding that the aircraft was returned to service after being thoroughly searched.
VIDEO: Snake on a plane a first-class surprise in Mexico
First class passengers on an Aeromexico flight in November were confronted by a snake that fell from an overhead storage compartment. Nobody was hurt in the incident but a few passengers were rattled.
A university rector from Torreon had posted a video on Twitter of the unwelcome passenger snaking its way out of a an overhead bin and dropping into the cabin of Aeromexico.