Cobra on Plane - I really hate snakes

[fholbert]

Date:	04-APR-2023
Time:
Type:	Beechcraft 58 Baron
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	ZS-JYD
MSN:	TH-795
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	None
Location:	Welkom - South Africa
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Cape Town
Destination airport:	Nelspruit
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Conducted an emergency landing at Welkom, when the occupants encountered a Cape Cobra snake during flight at 9000 feet.
The Cape cobra, also called the yellow cobra, is a moderate-sized, highly venomous species of cobra inhabiting a wide variety of biomes across southern Africa, including arid savanna, fynbos, bushveld, desert, and semidesert regions. Wikipedia

 

[Richman]

Snakes are bad, spiders are worse.

 

[Beefy McGee]

Snakes are bad, spiders are worse.

Generally yes, but I don't know of any spiders can kill you in minutes.

 

[CFI A&P]

From 9,000’ I would have executed a nice gentle half roll, half loop and split S’d that Baron right into cumulo-granite. Wait to die after getting bit or go out trying to be Bob Hoover. The later sounds more fun.

Not a fan of snakes. F’em.

 

[Richman]

Generally yes, but I don't know of any spiders can kill you in minutes.

But….spiders.

This is the part where I dust off and nuke the entire site from orbit.

It’s the only way to be sure.

 

[DropTank]

Knowing is half the battle....

 

[SeanD]

Generally yes, but I don't know of any spiders can kill you in minutes.

I do. Any semi-large spider just perched anywhere in an airplane cockpit is going to cause me to panic and put the airplane into the ground.

 

[zmiller4]

Snakes are awesome. My kids are obsessed with them. Luckily, we’ve got a local snake guy (actually a herpetologist) I met when he came to relocate a copperhead from my kid’s school’s playground. He takes guided snake tours around the greater Houston area—he’s got specific spots where he knows you’re likely to see something.

 

[fholbert]

A cobra in my plane and I’d bail out without a chute and take my chances I’d land in a soft snow bank.

 

[SteveC]

I do. Any semi-large spider just perched anywhere in an airplane cockpit is going to cause me to panic and put the airplane into the ground.

Vacation in Panama in January, this guy was hanging out in the bathroom of our cabin. Scooped him up and put him outside...

 

[tlove482]

You got to give warning before posting stuff like that @SteveC. I'm not even replying to you message cause I don't want to see that pic again.

 

[Wardogg]

What's the problem here? Just land the dang airplane and let it out. Irrational phobias are irrational.

 

[melax]

Amended checklist for B58 Ops in South Africa:

* Sapera flute on board ? Yes
* Flute operational ? (Blow and listen for proper tone) Yes

Next ....

 

[derg]

Vacation in Panama in January, this guy was hanging out in the bathroom of our cabin. Scooped him up and put him outside...

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You're a MANIAC! I couldn't find lighter fluid, old tires and a match fast enough!

"Looking glass, looking glass, code is alpha six six tango four nine charlie charlie zulu, 5 megaton device delivered to coordinates North eight point five three… (etc)"

 

[SteveC]

You're a MANIAC! I couldn't find lighter fluid, old tires and a match fast enough!

"Looking glass, looking glass, code is alpha six six tango four nine charlie charlie zulu, 5 megaton device delivered to coordinates North eight point five three… (etc)"

I had to be cool. The wives spotted it first and both of them were more like "hey, come look at this!" with no screaming hysterics, so I had to uphold our gender. Covered him with a pot out of the kitchen, then slid in a magazine cover to trap him. Luckily he wasn't moving around a lot - if he had been moving fast it would have been all bets off!

 

[derg]

I had to be cool. The wives spotted it first and both of them were more like "hey, come look at this!" with no screaming hysterics, so I had to uphold our gender. Covered him with a pot out of the kitchen, then slid in a magazine cover to trap him. Luckily he wasn't moving around a lot - if he had been moving fast it would have been all bets off!

Oh, I have zzzzzzzzeeeeeeeeero problem screaming like a BTS fan and "KRISTIE! COME GET THIS THING BEFORE I BURN THE HOUSE DOWN!"

She's good with spiders, I'm fine with snakes and scorpions. Symbiosis

 

[form810]

Hey! That's my old CP!! He must have "retired" to SA for a choice ex-pat retirement job!

 

[SeanD]

Vacation in Panama in January, this guy was hanging out in the bathroom of our cabin. Scooped him up and put him outside...

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NOPE!!!!!! NOPE NOPE! I would have used a flame thrower on it then finished it off with an RPG and would never visit Panama again.

 

[fholbert]

South African pilot finds deadly cobra under his seat

“It was as if my brain didn’t know what was going on,” he told The Associated Press.

www.newsnationnow.com

 

[BravoHotel]