Virgin Australia domestic flight was delayed for two hours at Melbourne Airport ofter a green tree snake was discovered in the car

[Augusta]

Virgin Australia domestic flight was delayed for two hours at Melbourne Airport on Tuesday, July 1, after a green tree snake was discovered in the cargo hold, causing a brief scare among crew and passengers preparing to board.


Flight VA337, scheduled to depart for Adelaide, was grounded after ground staff spotted the unexpected stowaway. Unsure whether the snake was venomous, the airline called in professional snake catcher Mark Pelley, who swiftly responded to the scene

 

[gwolf666]

Oh my god, how horrible! I hope it never happens to me. Let's just say what almost happened in the movie "Snakes on a Plane" almost happened. How incredible! Sometimes reality surpasses fiction. Lol

 

[Augusta]

Yes that's life for us. Some things we do see in movies sometimes come to real life

 

[eLdavis]

Thank God they found it before the flight, imagine if that happened while on air, that would have been disastrous.

 

[Starmix]

There are many snakes in Australia. That might be a wandering snake. A green snake is not poisonous.

 

[magnus2022]

We are living in a world where humans are afraid of snakes? What's absurd! In China and west African countries, humans are looking for snake to cook their dinner! Humans are no more in line with nature!

 

[Starmix]

There are human beings that eat snakes. They said it's medicinal especially it's liver. When I was in China, dried snakes were sold or displayed in their pharmacies, even American frogs sold there in their pharmacy.