I wonder too if it half-jumped into the stall of a horse in front of it. How horrible.
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did you see the link at the bottom where it said once a CAPE COBRA (got loose? or maybe wasn’t supposed to be on the plane at all?) slithered UP THE PILOTS SHIRT while in midair???
That would be it for me
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Oh-me, too. That and a giant spider.
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I JUST CAME HERE TO SAY THAT.
SLITERED UP THE SHIRT!!
I can’t even.
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I heard that story when it first happened.
NO, it was NOT supposed to be on the plane at all.
And, to me the scariest part, after they evacuated all the people, they could not find the snake
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Ever? Like, he could still be on that plane?
This could affect my future travel plans for whatever the lifespan of that snake could possibly be. Lol.
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In theory.
If I remember correctly, and I could be wrong, after an exhaustive but unsuccessful search, they left the plane in a quiet corner of the airport with the doors open, in the hope the cobra would leave on its own. After a period of time (a week? a month?) they searched it again, again found no snake, and put it back in service.
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I choose to believe that the snake got out before the plane was ‘quarantined’, as it were, so probably in a concrete and structure environment without anything to nourish it. And quietly died somewhere shortly thereafter. Because it wasn’t exactly in its native habitat. I’m going with that. 
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Eeee.
Now I’m tempted to track down the exact plane and make sure I never happen to get on the same one, just to be on the safe side.
I don’t know what sort of predator could take out a cobra, but I might’ve been tempted to put one or two of those on the plane before I shut it up for a week.
I’m thinking maybe a mongoose? At least it should be easier to find those on the plane afterwards than the snake.
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Who knew “Snakes on a Plane” was based on true events!
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THIS. Not just leave the doors open! OMG- maybe the snake went out, maybe his family moved in? who knows, start the plane back up.
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I am really hoping that families of cape cobras are not living in … where did this happen? Can I pray that it wasn’t … well, any country where planes go back & forth with this one ???
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There’s quite a bit that goes on in the aviation industry that the public doesn’t know about. Not necessarily animal related, but a lot of it is 
I feel bad for the horse and it’s connections. Importing/exporting a horse isn’t considered to be cheap by many, and to have this happen on top of it would be devastating.
I was stressed importing my last one. Especially because the communication wasn’t so great at times.
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I am pretty sure it was South Africa.
Cape Cobras are only native to southern Africa.
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If by chance this one survived the experience, I hope he spread the word to his family and friends that it was not much fun.
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April this year.
A private flight from South Africa’s Western Cape to the northeastern town of Nelspruit.
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Mongoose.
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According to Wikipedia
" Predators of this species include birds of prey, honey badgers, and various species of mongooses."
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Riki Tiki Tavi 
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Hmm. And they weren’t afraid of him inviting some relatives in for a ride?
ETA: Oops, @Alterrain beat me to it. 
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