Egypt A320 near Hurghada on Dec 3rd 2012, snake on the plane
Last Update: December 4, 2012 / 14:58:37 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 3, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
Egyptair
Flight number
MS-610
Departure
Cairo, Egypt
Destination
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Aircraft Registration
SU-GBA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The aircraft reached Kuwait with 90 passengers and no snake on board and with a delay of 4.5 hours.
The bitten passenger had carried the snake with him in a bag concealed by his clothes and had such managed to pass security with the snake. In flight the snake managed to escape the bag. It is suspected the man attempted to smuggle the snake to Kuwait.
Western media, other than Arabic/Egyptian media which do not specify the species of the snake and do not report the fate of the snake except that it was confiscated by Authorities, reported the snake as poisonous with many stating it was a cobra, that was trampled to death by other passengers.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 3, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
Egyptair
Flight number
MS-610
Departure
Cairo, Egypt
Destination
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Aircraft Registration
SU-GBA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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