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VIVAnews - Plane in airline Egypt Air emergency landing after a man bitten by a rattlesnake in the cabin on Tuesday local time. Apparently, he was a smuggler who put deadly snakes on his bag.
This incident reminds us of the movie "Snakes on Plane" of hundreds of snakes that threaten the lives of the passengers. However, events in the flight to Cairo to Kuwait is not as dramatic as the movie. Only this was a real incident and not a movie.
This incident forced the pilot to an emergency landing in a resort town in Egypt, Al Ghardaqa, which is located around the Red Sea.
According to CNN, the airline's investigation found that the victim was 48-year-old owner of a pet store in Kuwait. He was trying to smuggle a cobra in the carry-on bag.
The unnamed man was bitten on the hand. Situations arise cabin suddenly panic and commotion when the snake slithered under the passenger seat. The victim refused treatment because he did not feel anything.
Cobra found in many North African region. Can be very deadly cobra, until he could kill an elephant in three hours. If you enter in the human body, can kill within 15 minutes.