United States: A snake on a United aircraft caused alarm among the passengers. On a flight from Florida’s Tampa to New Jersey on Monday, the event was reported, on Monday.
Later, the reptile was captured by staff at the Newark Liberty International Airport.
In a statement, the Port Authority of New York as well as New Jersey reported that officers from the Port Authority Police Department and the airport’s wildlife operations team met United Flight 2038 at the gate as well as removed the “garter snake.”
Later on, as per the reports, they were released into the wild.
The message went on to say that nobody was hurt and that there was no impact on aircraft operations.
According to a statement from United, the airline “called the relevant authorities to take care of the matter” after customers notified the crew of the snake.
As per the sources, business class travellers noticed the snake while the aircraft was taxiing after landing. Passengers began yelling and raising their feet.
Once the snake was removed, passengers disembarked with their luggage, and the aircraft was checked for any further reptiles that could have been creeping inside, but none were discovered.
No passengers or staff members were reportedly injured.
