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Snakes in a plane ground Qantas flights
Australasia,
Thu, 16 Apr 2009
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Sydney, April 16 (DPA) Qantas Airways took a Boeing 737 out of service after four pythons slithered out of their cage in the cargo hold during a flight from Alice Springs to Melbourne, Australia's largest carrier said Thursday.
Two flights had to be cancelled while staff searched in vain for the missing snakes.
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The plane was fumigated and returned to service the following day, the spokeswoman said.
The snakes were part of a consignment of Stimson's pythons, which are not venomous.
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