Erasmus called air traffic control for permission to make an emergency landing in the town of Welkom in central South Africa. It was happy under the seat,” Erasmus said. “He stayed calm and landed that aircraft with a deadly venomous Cape Cobra curled up underneath his seat,” Emmenis said. The engineering company Erasmus works for wanted its plane back in the city of Mbombela in northern South Africa. The cobra didn’t reappear on that flight and the plane has now been completely stripped, but still no sign of the snake, Erasmus said.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 06, 2023 19:09 UTC