SYDNEY (AFP) – A tiny snake as slender as a pen forced the grounding of a Japan-bound Qantas flight in the Australian city of Sydney overnight, stranding hundreds of passengers. The non-venomous ...

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"The snake was taken to quarantine to determine where it came from," a Qantas rep said. Mandarin rat snakes predominately live in Asia. The flight had just returned from Singapore, so our best guess ...

CANBERRA, Australia >> A tiny exotic snake was found on a Qantas Boeing 747 airliner, leading to 370 passengers being grounded in Sydney overnight, the airline said. Staff found the 8-inch Mandarin ...

A flight scheduled to depart Sydney International Airport for Tokyo on Sunday night was cancelled after staff found a 20-centimetre snake near the aircraft doorway. A Qantas spokeswoman told AAP 370 ...

Yep, another stowaway snake on a plane. A Mandarin rat snake was discovered aboard a Qantas jet Sunday night hanging out near the door of the Boeing 747 which was scheduled to fly from Sydney to Tokyo ...