Of all the things to go wrong midair in the cockpit of a plane ... the pilot was surprised to see a highly venomous Cape cobra under his seat. ERASMUS: As I turned to my left and I looked down ...

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 forced a plane to make an emergency landing after slithering up the pilot's shirt. Rudolph Erasmus was flying the private jet when he felt a "cold feeling" on his back - initially ...

However, it wasn't a human, but a cobra slithering under his seat ... might have gone to the back and cause mass panic". Getty Images A bite from a snake usually requires an overnight hospital ...

South African pilot Rudolf Erasmus has been lauded by flight experts for a safe emergency landing after a highly venomous Cape cobra reared its head in the cockpit mid-flight. Erasmus, who has ...

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. Rudolph Erasmus was flying a private plane at 11,000 feet when ...

A South African pilot has told how he discovered a deadly cobra in the cockpit at 11,000 feet, forcing him to make an emergency landing. Rudolph Erasmus had been flying from Bloemfontein to ...

The engine in question is a 4.6-liter, dual-overhead-cam, 32-valve Cobra variant of Ford's venerable ... is revealed via a switch inside the cockpit, which pneumatically lifts the body off the ...

To his absolute horror, it was a deadly cobra. In an article published by ... and had a fire extinguisher and a golf club in the cockpit for protection. Trending Stories Kidnappers increase ...