# Fucking Snake on the Fucking Plane! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 5, 2012, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-snake-on-the-fucking-plane/617894 "2012-04-05T06:18:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-snake-on-the-fucking-plane/617894/1 "2012-04-05T06:18:31Z")
[From our “only in Australia” department](http://www.smh.com.au/national/pilot-shocked-by-snake-on-plane--and-its-still-on-board-20120405-1we6z.html): [QUOTE=Pilot shocked by snake on plane … and it’s still on board] A pilot in the Northern Territory has been forced to turn his plane around after a snake slithered from his dashboard. Braden Blennerhassett with Air Frontier was flying freight to the remote town of Peppimenarti in the Northern Territory when he spotted the snake coming out of his dashboard. Air Frontier director Geoffrey Hunt said Mr Blennerhassett called air traffic controllers on Tuesday to alert them to the snake. “He said, ‘We’ve got a snake on board,’” Mr Hunt said. Mr Hunt said the pilot had trouble communicating with the control tower. “The snake popped its head out near the transmit button that he needed to press to talk to the tower,” he said. He was told to return to Darwin and a snake handler was organised to meet Mr Blennerhassett, but the reptile was not found. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-snake-on-the-fucking-plane/617894/2 "2012-04-05T11:12:07Z")
I guess he didn’t want to make an asp of himself. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-snake-on-the-fucking-plane/617894/3 "2012-04-05T11:32:25Z")
He should carry a machete with him so he can chop the hiss out of the danged thing. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-snake-on-the-fucking-plane/617894/4 "2012-04-05T11:34:16Z")
Did you believe it? Sounds like a load of old cobras to me. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-snake-on-the-fucking-plane/617894/5 "2012-04-06T12:30:37Z")
So they’ll catch the snake, and on Blennerhassett’s next flight, he’ll realise they missed [this](http://www.flickr.com/photos/aussiesnakes/5142763510/lightbox/). ---
**Author:** ![Pops1963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de053/32.png) [@Pops1963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pops1963)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-snake-on-the-fucking-plane/617894/6 "2012-04-09T02:01:28Z")
Jesus that’s all they need. Snakes learning how to fly ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-snake-on-the-fucking-plane/617894/7 "2012-04-09T02:07:03Z")
> [@Pops1963](#): > > Jesus that’s all they need. Snakes learning how to fly They already [have.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysopelea) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-snake-on-the-fucking-plane/617894/8 "2012-04-09T02:21:39Z")
[Another fuckin’ snake on another fuckin’ plane](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,197976,00.html), comin’ out of the fuckin’ control panel, in fuckin’ West Virginia. ---
**Author:** ![Pops1963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de053/32.png) [@Pops1963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pops1963)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-snake-on-the-fucking-plane/617894/9 "2012-04-09T18:15:13Z")
> **[Chrysopelea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysopelea)** > > Chrysopelea, more commonly known as the flying snake or gliding snake is a genus that belongs to the family Colubridae. Flying snakes are mildly venomous, though the venom is dangerous only to their small prey. Their range is in Southeast Asia (the mainland (Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Laos), Indonesia, and the Philippines), southernmost China, India, and Sri Lanka. > Chrysopelea is also known by its common name "flying snake". It climbs using ridge scales along its belly, pushing against t... That’s it we are doomed. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-snake-on-the-fucking-plane/617894/10 "2012-04-11T05:53:08Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > [Another fuckin’ snake on another fuckin’ plane](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,197976,00.html), comin’ out of the fuckin’ control panel, in fuckin’ West Virginia. Ah yes, the North Australian Cockpit Snake gets around, doesn’t it? They hitch rides, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-snake-on-the-fucking-plane/617894/11 "2012-04-11T13:10:14Z")
I fly the same type of aircraft as the hapless Australian pilot. Part of the pre-flight inspection will now include a snake search.