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 ... but certainly not for dealing with snakes in the cockpit he said, telling the BBC that panicking would have just made ...

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 ...

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 ...