Snake on a plane: A pilot in South Africa made an emergency landing after a cape cobra slithered onto him mid-flight.
South African authorities are applauding a pilot's courage for safely landing an aircraft after feeling a venomous stowaway cobra slithering on his body mid-flight.he was piloting a small aircraft on Monday with four colleagues aboard when he felt a "cold sensation ... underneath my shirt at my hip area."
Before departing on the first part of the day's multi-leg trip, Erasmus said he had heard from people at the airport "that they saw this cape cobra that was seeking refuge underneath our wing of the aircraft and had a suspicion that it crawled into the engine cowling." The snake was a large cape cobra, according to the South African Civil Aviation Authority, which congratulated Erasmus "for displaying impeccable bravery after landing his aircraft incident-free, albeit under extreme pressure."
Cape cobras have a venomous bite, and the adults can reach more than 5 feet long, according to the South African National Biodiversity Institute.
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