A snake
on a plane prompted United Arab Emirates (UAE) carrier Emirates Airline to
cancel one of its flights from Muscat, in neighbouring Oman, to Dubai on
Sunday, UAE daily Gulf News reported on Monday.
The
daily quoted an Emirates spokesperson as saying that flight EK0863 from Muscat
to Dubai was cancelled “due to the detection of a snake in the cargo hold prior
to passengers boarding.”
The
spokesperson said Emirates apologizes to the passengers for the inconvenience
caused.
The
aircraft re-entered service after the snake was removed, the airline said.
Wild
animals do appear on passenger planes from time to time, sometimes even in the
cabins.
In May
last year, two tarantulas that probably escaped from a passenger’s luggage
caused panic on an Air Transat flight from Punta Cana, in the Caribbean island
of the Dominican Republic, to Montreal, Canada, British daily The Guardian
reported.
No
passenger was hurt in the incident. Both spiders were later caught, one during
the flight and the other after the plane landed. Courtesy: Xinhua/NAN
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