Thai AirAsia passengers find live snake in overhead bin on Bangkok-Phuket flight
- A video of the incident showed a flight attendant trying to capture the serpent with a water bottle, before switching to a garbage bag
- The airline said that some passengers were relocated from the area as a precautionary measure, and the jet landed without incident
An AirAsia Thailand flight from Bangkok to Phuket erupted into chaos after passengers discovered a live snake in an overhead luggage bin, according to CNN.
CNN reported that the incident occurred on January 13 on Flight FD3015.
A video appearing to be from the incident, shared by the Malaysian news outlet UtusanTV on TikTok, shows the small snake slithering above the overhead bin.
In the video, a flight attendant can be seen trying to capture it with a water bottle, before switching to a garbage bag.
TikTok users in the comments referred to the 2006 movie, “Snakes on a Plane,” which starred Samuel L. Jackson and involved dozens of venomous snakes being released onto a passenger plane.
In a statement to CNN, the head of corporate safety for the airline, Phol Poompuang, said that the snake sighting was a “very rare incident” and that flight attendants are “well trained to handle” such an occurrence.