Watch: Snake hangs on to plane's wing
SYDNEY (AP) - This snake on a plane had a turbulent flight.
Stunned Qantas Airways passengers watched out their windows as a large python clung to a plane's wing during a two-hour flight from Australia's northeastern city of Cairns to Papua New Guinea.
The 3-meter (10-foot) python fought to stay on the wing, pulling itself forward only to be pushed back by the frigid wind.
Passenger Robert Weber videotaped the struggle and told Australia's Fairfax Media that the wind whipping the snake against the side of the plane left a bloody smear.
The python managed to hang on until the plane landed in Port Moresby, but a Qantas spokesman said the creature was dead on arrival.
It was reminiscent of the 2006 Hollywood thriller "Snakes on a Plane."
I am sorry that the snake did not make it. Any living thing which struggles for survival against such odds, has my support.
"You're free to slither about the country"
It must be "Dead Amphibian Week" on offbeat.
....or reptiles, I don't care.
"a Qantas spokesman said the creature was dead on arrival."
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I thought only a trained medical professional can make that call.
"The python managed to hang on until the plane landed in Port Moresby, but a Qantas spokesman said the creature was dead on arrival."
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Snake - "Why the hell did I have to get a non-stop flight?"
Man, the headline was way more interesting than the actual video....
@RatchetRanger The second story was pretty interesting. A wedding in Phoenix when a wall of dust overtakes them.......
Could have been worse.
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http://news.sky.com/story/1035274/wedding-balloon-crash-captured-on-video
"Python Airways, the onnnnnnnnnnnly way to fly."
@swimbad Only if it is Monty Python....