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At the conclusion of a trip from Florida’s Tampa city to New Jersey on Monday, a snake unexpectedly appeared on board. Panicked passengers phoned the staff at Newark Liberty International Airport to capture the animal. According to The Washington Post, the “garter snake” was removed off United Flight 2038 at the gate by the airport’s wildlife operations crew and Port Authority Police Department officers before being subsequently released back into the wild.
The message went on to say that nobody was hurt and that business as usual was not impacted.
In a statement, United said that after being informed about the snake by passengers, the crew “called the relevant authorities to handle the matter.”
According to The Washington Times, which cited News 12 New Jersey, business class passengers saw the snake while the aircraft was taxiing after landing. According to the TV station, passengers began yelling and raising their feet.
According to Simple Flying, which was cited by the New York Post, when the snake was taken out, the passengers and their luggage were deplaned, and the aircraft was checked for more reptiles that could have crept on board but none were discovered.
According to The Washington Times, which cited the Florida Museum of Natural History, the common garter snake is not poisonous and is not hostile toward people. It can be found in every county in Florida. The snakes, which are normally 18 to 26 inches long, prefer to avoid direct contact with people or animals and only bite when they are “deliberately mistreated.”
According to The Washington Times, which cited the state’s “Snakes of New Jersey” brochure, garter snakes are also widespread in New Jersey.
On an AirAsia trip to Malaysia in February, a similar occurrence occurred when passengers discovered a snake while the aircraft was in the air. The lizard was seen in a light bulb above passengers in the widely shared Tik Tok video from the journey.
According to The Washington Post, a huge snake that was reportedly a deadly green viper emerged from an overhead compartment aboard an Aeromexico aircraft in Mexico in 2016. The critter can be seen hanging from the ceiling of the aircraft in a passenger’s video that was released on Twitter. The aircraft obtained priority landing permission when it arrived in Mexico City.
