A South African pilot flying four passengers from Cape Town to Nelspruit had to make an emergency landing in Welkom when a “fifth passenger”, a Cape cobra, slid down his back.
The pilot told local media that he looked down and “saw the cobra putting its head back underneath my seat.”
First Officer Rudolph Erasmus is being hailed as a hero for his quick and calm response to a very dangerous situation.
Engineers who stripped the plane did not find the rogue reptile.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/DW Africa
