April 7, 2023 Snakes on a Plane IRL: A Pilot Calmly Landed a Jet With a Venomous Cobra in the Cockpit No need for Samuel Jackson to intervene. Pilot Rudolf Erasmus just went about his business ...

Cape Cobras are one of Africa’s most dangerous cobra species because of the potency of their venom. The drama wasn't over for the poor pilot. Welkom snake handler Johan de Klerk and a team of ...

Rudolf Erasmus, a pilot in South Africa, thought he had four passengers on his flight. As it turns out, he had five: four human passengers, and one deadly Cape cobra.

The snake Erasmus found himself sharing the cockpit with was a venomous Cape cobra — a snake with a bite that can kill someone in as quickly as 30 minutes, according to the University of San Diego.

A deadly snake slithered up a pilot's shirt in South Africa during his flight. The large cape cobra was found in the plane's cockpit.

A ferocious cape cobra is seen eating and swallowing another snake whole in a matter of only a few minutes. Karsten Vollmer was able to capture this incredible sighting in South Africa and shared ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — 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 ...

FILE – Cape Cobra snakes are dangerously venomous. A pilot in South Africa made a hasty emergency landing after discovering a highly venomous cobra hiding under his seat.

He glanced down to see the head of a fairly large Cape Cobra “receding back under the seat,” he said. “It was as if my brain didn’t know what was going on,” he told The Associated Press.