Snake on plane forces emergency landing in South Africa.

A South African pilot was forced to make an emergency landing after a Cape cobra, a deadly South African-dwelling elapid, was found on his plane. The pilot felt something cold against his hip and initially thought it was leakage from his water bottle, but soon realized it was a snake. He refrained from announcing the snake's presence over the intercom for fear of causing panic and landed the plane safely. The passengers and the cobra remained calm during the ordeal, and the snake remains at large. The South African aviation community has praised the pilot for remaining cool under pressure.