A pilot in South Africa made a hasty emergency landing after discovering a highly venomous cobra hiding under his seat. Rudolf Erasmus had four passengers on board the light aircraft during Monday's ...

The plane's pilot said that the snake had been spotted under the aircraft before the wild flight Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. She has ...

A private plane in South Africa was forced to make an emergency landing after its pilot spotted a deadly cobra in the cockpit. Rudolph Erasmus was flying a private plane with four people on board when ...

Of all the things to go wrong midair in the cockpit of a plane, finding an unwanted poisonous snake under the pilot's seat must surely be one of the worst scenarios. Air travel can be nerve-wracking, ...

SOUTH AFRICA -- South African authorities are applauding a pilot's courage for safely landing an aircraft after feeling a venomous stowaway cobra slithering on his body mid-flight. The pilot, Rudolf ...

Cape cobras, like the one pictured here, are highly venomous. In a moment straight out of the 2006 blockbuster “Snakes on a Plane,” a South African pilot said he found a deadly cobra in his cockpit.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Of all the things to go wrong midair in the cockpit of a plane, finding a venomous snake under the pilot's seat must surely be one of the worst scenarios. So spare a ...

South African authorities are applauding a pilot’s courage for safely landing an aircraft after feeling a venomous stowaway cobra slithering on his body mid-flight. The pilot, Rudolf Erasmus, told CNN ...

Bell Helicopter is displaying the upgraded cockpit of the AH-1Z Zulu Cobra attack helicopter in Singapore for the first time. The demonstrator on the Bell stand (Hall A/333) is designed to highlight ...