# Croc on a Plane! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 22, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/croc-on-a-plane/558030 "2010-10-22T17:36:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/croc-on-a-plane/558030/1 "2010-10-22T17:36:05Z")
A passenger on an airplane in the Congo attempted to smuggle a [crocodile](http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/crocodile-on-a-plane-kills-19/story-e6frfq80-1225942045322) in a large sports-bag. Evidently, a passenger wanted to smuggle it out of the country and sell it. The croc escaped and caused mayhem on the plane, which lost its’ balance as all the passengers fled to one side of the plane to escape the attacking animal. The plane then crashed into a house. Alas, it all ended quite tragically as all but one passenger was killed. Ironically, the croc was found alive in the wreckage, but was macheted to death. Quite tragic…and bizarre. How did the plane’s baggage handlers not notice something was wrong when they loaded a sportsbag onto a plane, one that must have been wriggling & heaving as the outraged croc tried to escape? ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/croc-on-a-plane/558030/2 "2010-10-22T17:42:46Z")
Weird. But I fully expected this thread to be a discussion on how silly it is to wear [Crocs]([Disney.com | The official home for all things Disney](http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/07/23-End%20of%20Month/crocs%20suck.JPG)) on a plane. Or anywhere, for that matter. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/croc-on-a-plane/558030/3 "2010-10-22T17:44:19Z")
Have Samuel L. Jackson and Paul Hogan ever done a movie together? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/croc-on-a-plane/558030/4 "2010-10-22T17:44:44Z")
I’m not going to say it this time. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/croc-on-a-plane/558030/5 "2010-10-22T17:47:52Z")
Bet the airline revokes the guy’s frequent flier miles over this. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/croc-on-a-plane/558030/6 "2010-10-22T18:00:06Z")
Assuming he even survived the crash. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/croc-on-a-plane/558030/7 "2010-10-22T18:08:03Z")
Funny, every time I’ve taken a crocodile on a plane, there’s never been any trouble! ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/croc-on-a-plane/558030/8 "2010-10-22T18:10:39Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Funny, every time I’ve taken a crocodile on a plane, there’s never been any trouble! My guess is your statement is a croc of another color. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/croc-on-a-plane/558030/9 "2010-10-22T18:39:46Z")
Just how big was this croc? It fit in a sports bag and presumably could be readily carried by one person…yet it was terrifying enough to panic an entire plane full of people into _ahem_ flight? Didn’t anyone attempt to kill or restrain it? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/croc-on-a-plane/558030/10 "2010-10-22T18:41:19Z")
Poor thing. ---
**Author:** ![may\_be\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@may\_be\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/may_be_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/croc-on-a-plane/558030/11 "2010-10-22T19:20:57Z")
When I first read the article, I thought it said they macheted the survivor to death :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/croc-on-a-plane/558030/12 "2010-10-22T19:30:21Z")
The article says the passengers rushed toward the cockpit, not to one side of the aircraft. It’s probably easier to unbalance a plane front-to-rear than side-to-side. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Assuming he even survived the crash. If there’s any justice in this world. the guy who survived isn’t the one who brought the croc on board. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/croc-on-a-plane/558030/13 "2010-10-22T22:14:07Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > The article says the passengers rushed toward the cockpit, not to one side of the aircraft. It’s probably easier to unbalance a plane front-to-rear than side-to-side. I’ve heard a (probably apocryphal) story that the marching band from some West Coast school, flying back from Hawaii after a big football game, decided that they didn’t want to go home, and so systematically grouped themselves on the left side of the plane, then suddenly switched to the right, then left, then right, then were arrested by a flight marshal and barred from flying on the airline ever again. > [@The New and Improved Superman](#): > > Quite tragic..and bizarre. How did the plane’s baggage handlers not notice something was wrong when they loaded a sportsbag onto a plane, one that must have been wriggling & heaving as the outraged croc tried to escape? I have to assume it was drugged. That’s the only way I can figure that a croc could be docile for that long. It’s conceivable that it was chilled, and that it became more active as it warmed up, but I bet it was drugged. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/croc-on-a-plane/558030/14 "2010-10-23T11:19:10Z")
Don’t worry about the snakes, worry about the crocs, mate! [http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/crocodile-on-a-plane-kills-19/story-e6frfq80-1225942045322](http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/crocodile-on-a-plane-kills-19/story-e6frfq80-1225942045322) > [@](#): > > Crocodile on plane kills 19 passengers > The croc had been hidden in a passenger’s sports bag - allegedly with plans to sell it - but it tore loose and ran amok, sparking panic. > > A stampede of terrified passengers caused the small aircraft to lose balance and tip over in mid-air during an internal flight in the Democratic Republic of Congo. > > A lone survivor from the Let 410 plane told the astonishing tale to investigators. > > Ironically the crocodile also survived the crash but was later killed with a machete by rescuers sifting through the wreckage ---
**Author:** ![may\_be\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@may\_be\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/may_be_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/croc-on-a-plane/558030/15 "2010-10-23T12:54:08Z")
Oh ew there was already a thread about this and I think it managed to avoid the sammy quote ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/croc-on-a-plane/558030/16 "2010-10-23T14:10:43Z")
Any idea how big the croc was? Was it a case of mass panic or the sucker was really menacing? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/croc-on-a-plane/558030/17 "2010-10-23T16:30:35Z")
Merged duplicate threads. ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/croc-on-a-plane/558030/18 "2010-10-24T10:03:15Z")
> [@The New and Improved Superman](#): > > [T]he plane…lost its balance as all the passengers fled to one side of the plane… It’s my dream, someday, to bribe all the passengers on a 747 to quickly rush to one side of the plane, then rush to the other, then quickly return to their seats and pretend nothing has happened before the crew finds out. I’m sure it’ll be a riot.