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Jan. 17, 2024, 3:07 p.m. ET
This isn’t a scene from a Samuel L. Jackson motion flick.
A viral TikTok video recorded aboard a Thai AirAsia flight from Bangkok to Phuket final weekend confirmed a small, slim snake slithering atop an overhead bin.
The skin-crawling midair discovery of the cold-blooded stowaway rattled the passengers, prompting these sitting closest to the uninvited traveler to swiftly transfer away.
Others wasted no time pulling out their telephones to movie the reptile aboard AirAsia Flght FD3015 because it was getting ready to land at its vacation spot Saturday, as seen in a clip shared by a web based consumer with the deal with @wannabnailssalon, which has racked up greater than 3.4 million views.
The cellphone footage that has been making the rounds on social media reveals a male flight attendant calmly making an attempt to nudge the snake into an empty plastic water bottle, however the critter glides away.
The composed cabin crew member then adjustments tack and makes use of the bottle to push the snake into an empty plastic bag.
The snake was then safely saved in a cabinet till the aircraft landed, in accordance with native media shops. It was later reportedly recognized as a Blanford’s bridle snake, which is a non-venomous species.
Staffers from the Phuket International Airport boarded the flight earlier than the passengers might disembark and searched their carry-on baggage to verify there have been no different animals hitching a experience on the aircraft.
It was not instantly recognized how the snake ended up on the plane.
The Post reached out to AirAsia in search of remark Wednesday.
The incident has drawn comparisons to the 2006 motion movie “Snakes On A Plane,” wherein an murderer releases a crate of venomous snakes on a flight in a bid to kill a trial witness being transported by an FBI agent performed by Samuel L. Jackson, who utters the immortal line: “I’ve had it with these moherf—ing snakes on this mother—ing plane!”
This isn’t the primary time {that a} scaly traveler has been discovered on an AirAsia flight.
In February 2022, a noticed python was filmed sliding by way of lighting fixtures aboard a aircraft flying from the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur to Sabah, inflicting the flight to be rerouted to a special airport.
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