The movie “Snakes on a Plane” is reminiscent of the incident that occurred on an AirAsia flight with an… uninvited passenger. Chaos ensued on a flight from the Thai capital Bangkok to the southern province of Phuket when passengers discovered a (alive) snake in the hold.

AirAsia Thailand announced that it was aware of an incident on flight FD3015 that departed Bangkok’s Don Mueang International Airport on January 13.

This is the second incident involving a snake found on an AirAsia plane. In February 2022, a python was found on a domestic flight in Malaysia. The plane ended up being diverted to Kuching International Airport in Sarawak state due to the incident.

Videos and photos of the 2022 incident went viral on social media and showed the reptile slithering through the plane’s lights.
AirAsia Thailand’s head of corporate security insisted, however, that the sighting of a snake was still “a very rare occurrence”.

“The flight attendants were alerted prior to landing in Phuket after a passenger noticed a small snake in the luggage compartment,” the statement said.
The aircraft landed without incident, according to the company’s statement, and was immediately inspected by the relevant engineering and safety teams on the ground.

It is not known if the snake species was dangerous to humans.

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