Snake in Plane: Snake found in cargo hold of Air India Express flight, DGCA will investigate the matter
This is not the first incident of snake being found in an aircraft.
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The very name of a snake gives goosebumps to many people. No one can think of a snake in an airplane, but there was a stir when a snake was found in the Air India Express plane. Actually, when an Air India Express plane landed at Dubai airport on Saturday, a snake was found in its cargo hold. An official of aviation regulator DGCA has given information about this. He told that now investigation will be done in this matter.
According to the information received, the matter pertains to flight number B737-800 of Air India Express. This flight went from Calicut in Kerala to Dubai. However, the passengers were not harmed by the snake. He was safely ejected from the plane. However, information about how many passengers were in the plane is yet to be found.
A senior official of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said that a snake was found in the cargo hold of the aircraft upon arrival at the Dubai airport. After which the airport fire services personnel were informed about it. He said that prima facie this incident is a mistake at the ground level. It will be investigated and necessary action will be taken.
This is not the first incident of snake being found in an aircraft. Earlier this year, on February 10, an Air Asia flight going to Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, had taken off. Passengers had seen something crawling in the light of the plane in the middle of the journey. Which after looking carefully came to know that there is a snake in the flight. After that there was a stir among the passengers. Apart from this, there have been many incidents of snakes being found in the aircraft.

