News Forum - Snake on a plane forces Malaysian AirAsia flight to make an emergency landing

[Thaiger]

Like a scene of the cult-classic Samuel L. Jackson film “Snakes on a Plane,” (but far less dramatic), a snake slithering loose in an AirAsia passenger airplane led the pilots of the Malaysian budget carrier to detour from the scheduled route and make an emergency landing. A video from the aircraft’s cabin shows the silhouette of a long snake slithering in the overhead lights. Reports do not say if the snake was someone’s pet, or if it had slithered onto the aircraft itself, but a report from AFP says the aircraft was to be fumigated. AirAsia says the lead pilot […]

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[palooka]

They were predicting infestations of aircraft that had been grounded for so long because of Covid issues.

Maybe this one missed the initial fumigation talked about before flights resumed.

[Marble-eye]

Turned out to be a false alarm, it was only one of the planes windscreen vipers.

[Jason]

Windscreen "vipers"..... get it? . 

[AdvocatusDiaboli]

1 hour ago, Thaiger said:

Like a scene of the cult-classic Samuel L. Jackson film “Snakes on a Plane,” (but far less dramatic), a snake slithering loose in an AirAsia passenger airplane led the pilots of the Malaysian budget carrier to detour from the scheduled route and make an emergency landing.

Good thing the snake was not filled with explosives! We could have had a Basil Brush ending to this article.

Obviously excellent airport security ….. maybe budget security!

bet Mr Samuel said it was no his snake ….. and blamed airport security and customs for the mix up

[Noble_Design]

[Guevara]

3 hours ago, Jason said:

Windscreen "vipers"..... get it? . 

Adder 'joke ' like that and you will be disciplined.

[Dedinbed]

6 hours ago, Thaiger said:

airplane

A Boeing Constrictor maybe ..

They should've had a bit of Monty Python on the in-flight entertainment ..