Snake clings to plane wing on Australian flight

SYDNEY 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."

[skithebumps]

Reminds me of that episode of the old Twilight Zone show called "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" with William Shatner.

[chwick]

1st thing i thought of...twilight zone episode

[silvereagle2718]

You're going to post the story, tell us it was taped, and not show at least a picture.

I guess it was not available....

[bramletabercrombie]

Nah, CBS writers are just incredibly lazy to do a google search.

Here's the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxwu7qk7Mqs

Poor snake.