Passengers on a commercial flight in Mexico had the shock of their lives when a serpent slithered into the cabin in a scene straight out of the Hollywood thriller Snakes on a Plane.
The green reptile appeared suddenly on an Aeromexico flight from Torreon in the country's north to Mexico City on Sunday, emerging from the ceiling behind an overhead luggage compartment.
Cellphone video shot by passenger Indalecio Medina showed it clinging and wriggling from the luggage bunk and before dropping down into the cabin.
“I was reading a magazine and the passenger next to me saw it and, ‘Oh my word!’” Medina told The Associated Press by phone Monday. He estimated it was over 3 feet (about 1 meter) in length.
Passengers hastily unbuckled themselves to get clear of the dangling snake before it dropped to the floor, where people trapped it between rows five and six with blankets provided by a flight attendant, Medina said.
After the pilot radioed ahead, the plane was given priority landing in Mexico City and touched down 10 minutes later. Passengers exited of out the rear and animal control workers came on board to take the stowaway into custody.
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