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High drama: Qantas python's flying circus (http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-incidents/my-goodness-theres-a-snake-on-the-wing-qantas-reptile-passenger-20130110-2ciu0.html)
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ARNSpoty
10th Jan 2013, 12:26
guess thats what the seat you get when you dont pay for your ticket:}
LondonPax
10th Jan 2013, 16:13
From the BBC: Snake clings to Qantas plane's wing during flight (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20975601).
''There was no panic. At no time did anyone stop to consider that there might be others on board.''
tartare
10th Jan 2013, 19:56
Have a look at this:
High drama: Qantas python's flying circus (http://www.theage.com.au/travel/travel-incidents/high-drama-qantas-pythons-flying-circus-20130110-2ciu0.html)
and video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy1rwQKdIHE
ARNSpoty
10th Jan 2013, 20:18
There is already a thread for this i'm afraid:rolleyes: at the "spectator's" section
5milesbaby
10th Jan 2013, 20:42
Did the snake survive?
Did the snake survive?
The flaps did!
5milesbaby
10th Jan 2013, 21:15
Wasn't interested in the flaps, just the snake, however sadly I have found my own answer that it did not.
Snake on a plane fails to survive (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20975601)
Sober Lark
11th Jan 2013, 10:50
Snake hitches a ride on wing of Qantas plane:
Snake on Qantas Plane - Original - YouTube
PLovett
11th Jan 2013, 10:57
It didn't survive the trip.
Mark in CA
11th Jan 2013, 12:35
Snakes on a plane, Australian style. Wonder what the recommended procedure is for removing it.
Python on a plane! Slithery stowaway shocks passengers (http://news.yahoo.com/python-plane-slithery-stowaway-shocks-passengers-041101796--finance.html)
garpal gumnut
12th Jan 2013, 23:51
A recent flight from Cairns in North Queensland to Port Moresby in PNG had a python caught in the innards of the wing. Excuse my ignorance of aeronautical engineering. My total knowledge of aviation extends to knowing that the safest seat is that closest to an exit or in the back 3 rows. Should this not have been noticed in pre-flight checks? I do see important looking folk dressed like naval officers walking around planes on which I am a passenger looking at the innards of bits. Are they the flight crew?
Capt Claret
13th Jan 2013, 00:00
Who looks inside the wings or flaps for snakes on their pre-flight checks?
Plenty of places on or within an airframe for livestock to hide undetected.