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Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by emmanuelson20: 6:18pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
A snake on a plane has left hundreds of passengers stranded overnight in Sydney. The eight-inch (20cm) Mandarin rat snake was discovered by staff in the doorway of a Qantas 747 jet due to leave Sydney for Tokyo. The reptile was spotted just before passengers began boarding. Some 370 passengers were booked on the flight but all had to spend Sunday night in Sydney hotels thanks to the slippery customer. Australia's Agriculture Department said the snake, a species that grows to an average length of 1.2 metres (4ft), had been euthanised "as exotic reptiles of this kind can harbour pests and diseases not present in Australia". The department said the snake had arrived aboard the jet in a flight a day earlier from Singapore. In January a large python hitched a ride on another Qantas flight "The Department of Agriculture is looking into how the snake came to be on the plane, but isn't able to speculate at this time," it said. The mildly venomous Asian snake was about the width of a pencil and did not pose a threat to humans, but it had the potential to cause ecological havoc in the Australian environment if it had escaped the plane with a mate, Canberra Reptile Zoo herpetologist Peter Child said. A replacement flight was scheduled to leave on Monday morning for the delayed travellers. One of the stranded passengers, Noah Harris, told Australia's Channel 7 news: "We got a night in a nice hotel and we lose a day of our trip to Tokyo, but what are you going to do? It's a good story." It is the second "snakes on a plane" drama for Qantas this year. In January a three-metre python hitched a ride on an early morning flight from Cairns to Papua New Guinea. The reptile was spotted trapped on the plane's wing and did not survive the journey
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Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by emmanuelson20: 6:19pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by Hadone(m): 6:27pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
emmanuelson20: A 747 jet is grounded after the reptile stowaway was discovered just minutes before boarding was due to begin in Sydney. Mhn, the END TIME wahala now trying to fly reach the sky. 8 Likes |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by kennybelle: 7:20pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
Stowaway boy in Naija, stowaway snake in Sydney! Na wa o! Later it will be stowaway bird. All these are SIGNS we all know of anyway. 10 Likes |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by Nobody: 7:25pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
If na Nigeria, the plane could have probably proceeded on its journey and allowed to die in freezing temperature of -40 C degrees. Or the reptile is captured and sent to school with heavily armed security guard. In some State, the snake can even be adopted in the government house. 2tc by the way! 17 Likes |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by gerrardomendes(m): 9:41pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
end time things. The serpent is trying to send spies to heaven but he can never succeed *The Devil is an aboki* 12 Likes |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by fr3do(m): 9:50pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
Snakes cant even handle low pressure at high altitudes. They would be paralyzed. 1 Like |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by emmyid(m): 10:33pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
wetin i want comment sef...ok..."hmmmmm"karashika snake 2 Likes |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by kayslimshady(m): 10:34pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
ok |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by Lordave: 10:34pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
Snakes on a plane Reality or is it part 3? 5 Likes |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by alaladakosta(f): 10:34pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
well. |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by jericco1(m): 10:35pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
Australia and snakes... Oyibo and controversies:... |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by vynzecent(m): 10:36pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
bringing d movie to reality |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by Buchukwu: 10:36pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
Snake in a plane part 2 1 Like |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by Nobody: 10:36pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
Chineke meee!!!! |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by mysticgal(f): 10:38pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
snake |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by imsuboi(m): 10:38pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
was Samuel Jackson on that plane? 15 Likes |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by amiskurie(m): 10:40pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
that snake must be a citizen of benin- infant call am stow-away serpent.why everything one escape benin na? |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by yinkzzboy: 10:40pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
thaught the film has ended 2 Likes |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by Nobody: 10:40pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
mysticgal: snakeno.. Antelop 12 Likes |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by matalan: 10:41pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
What have we not heard pointing to just --- end time tinz |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by 401kk: 10:41pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
This news just reminded me of the snake i saw inside my bedroom last week |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by alaoeri: 10:42pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
fr3do: Snakes cant even handle low pressure at high altitudes.U never watch snake on the plane before? 2 Likes |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by AbuMikey(m): 10:43pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
mysticgal: snakeNah!! Grass cutter it is. 1 Like |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by valariz: 10:46pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
just passing by 1 Like |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by Nobody: 10:47pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
Size of a pencil?? How does that affect the passengers...lol |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by dimdim001(m): 10:47pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
*in Samuel L Jackson's voice* I'M TIRED OF THESE GOD DAMN SNAKES ON THIS GOD DAMN PLANE 4 Likes |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by tolurainbow(m): 10:47pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
Mtchewwwww wot kind of snake is it male or female... Mtchewwwww wot kind of snake is it male or female... |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by Iaz93: 10:48pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
LOVELY! 1 Like |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by taiocol: 10:55pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
if na naija e happen NL go deh Cap careless |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by PamelaGold1(f): 10:56pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
the snake was just only trying to port to a better environment, na only MTN we go dey port to? |
Re: Snake Found On A Plane In Australia, Passengers Stranded by Aromas: 10:57pm On Sep 23, 2013 |
tolurainbow: Mtchewwwww wot kind of snake is it male or female... Mtchewwwww wot kind of snake is it male or female... Enter google and ask!!!!!!!!!!! Mtchewwwwwwww end time questions |
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