FOUR escaped pythons have caused a Qantas plane to be grounded

[tenacres1100]

FOUR escaped pythons have caused a Qantas plane to be grounded in Melbourne after airline staff failed to find them.
The young Stimson's pythons, four of 12 in a container in the Boeing 737-800's cargo hold, apparently escaped on Tuesday during a 2½-hour flight from Alice Springs to Melbourne.

read the rest here...:shock:

http://www.theage.com.au/travel/snakes-on-a-plane-killed-20090415-a7h7.html

 

[Jewly]

There's already a thread going about this.

 

[Rainbow-Serpent]

Overreation much....*rolls eyes*

 

[trader]

There's already a thread going about this.

http://www.aussiepythons.com/forum/interesting-links-and-stories/snakes-on-a-plane-killed-108465

 

[saratoga]

What are the implications of this for future air freight of reptiles?

Cancelled flights, fumigation etc etc...big costs to the airline.

Someones been very sloppy with packing!

 

[juggalette]

:shock:FUMIGATED??

 

[TahneeMaree]

Dudes, there's already a thread going on this. look above