No injuries after snake found on a plane

Snake catcher Andrew Melrose holding a green tree snake he recovered from a house in Sydney on August 5, 2013. An Emirates flight was cancelled after a snake was found in the plane's cargo hold. PHOTO | AFP

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  • First class passengers on an Aeromexico flight in November were confronted by a snake that fell from an overhead storage compartment.

DUBAI

An Emirates flight from Muscat to Dubai was cancelled after baggage handlers discovered a snake in the aircraft's cargo hold.

The animal was found before Sunday's flight from Oman, the airline said in a statement, adding that the aircraft was returned to service after being thoroughly searched.

First class passengers on an Aeromexico flight in November were confronted by a snake that fell from an overhead storage compartment.

Nobody was hurt in the incident but a few passengers were rattled.