'I've got snakes on a plane': Pilot makes emergency landing

[chaya]

A pilot made an emergency landing during a flight in Australia, reportedly telling air traffic controllers "look, you're not going to believe this. I've got snakes on a plane."Australia's ABC News reported that Braden Blennerhassett, 26, swiftly put the Air Frontier plane on the ground after making the unusual mayday call during a flight from

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[layweed]

Only in Australia...

[koken23]

The everything-is-outright-homicidal Australian wildlife stereotype is a load of bullshit, but it makes for fun times when the news accidentally proves it almost-true. :P

[layweed]

Yeah. I gotta say though, a friend of mine who lived in Tasmania was always saying how he'd find poisonous spiders/snakes roaming around his house or w/e. Kinda freaked me out.

[koken23]

Oh yeah, that bit's totally normal. No big deal. They're just sort of around, so you get used to it - you check your piles of clothes, you wear shoes in long grass.

[koken23]

Yeah hi, welcome to Australia. XD

[koken23]

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[johnjie]

This WOULD happen in Australia - loving the pilot's use of true blue laconic understatement

[ayarane]

Obligatory:

:D

[jasonbeast]

Opened this post solely to see if this had arrived yet.

[kitanabychoice]

Seconding this so hard. XD

[devilstay]

I fucking love this movie

[chaya]

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