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Passengers on a Thai AirAsia flight from Bangkok to Phuket had been shocked and angered once they found a snake within the cabin’s overhead compartment.
The discovery led to some passengers shifting away from the seats that had been nearer to the snake whereas others took out their telephones to report the reptile. A TikTok video of the incident, shared by a consumer with the deal with @wannabnailssalon, gathered over 3.4 million views because it was posted.
The tiny snake was seen slithering over the overhead cabin lights above the overhead compartment on an AirAsia Airbus A320 aircraft on 13 January.
One of the cabin crew members reportedly tried to seize the snake inside an empty disposable plastic water bottle. The snake was later swept right into a rubbish bag utilizing a plastic bottle.
It was not instantly clear how the snake ended up contained in the plane.
The snake was discovered because the aircraft was making ready to land on the Phuket airport.
Once the aircraft landed, the aircraft was searched totally. Reports stated that no different snakes had been discovered.
Some observers on TikTok likened the state of affairs to the Hollywood movie “Snakes on a Plane” – a 2006 motion thriller by David R Ellis starring Samuel L Jackson that follows an FBI agent escorting a witness on a flight when criminals launch venomous snakes, inflicting chaos.
The Independent has reached out to AirAsia for remark.
