A pilot in South Africa made a hasty emergency landing after discovering a highly venomous cobra hiding under his seat. Rudolf Erasmus had four passengers on board the light aircraft during Monday's ...

A deadly snake forced a plane to make an emergency landing after slithering up the pilot's shirt. Rudolph Erasmus was flying the private jet when he felt a "cold feeling" on his back - initially ...

Pilots are normally trained for a number of worst-case scenarios, but certainly not for dealing with a snake in the cockpit. But South African pilot Rudolf Erasmus has just done that. Erasmus has been ...

South African authorities are applauding a pilot’s courage for safely landing an aircraft after feeling a venomous stowaway cobra slithering on his body mid-flight. The pilot, Rudolf Erasmus, told CNN ...

A South African pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in Western Cape after finding a deadly Cape cobra inside the plane. Rudolf Erasmus was piloting a private flight from Worcester, Western ...

South African pilot Rudolf Erasmus made an emergency landing of a flight after a highly poisonous Cape cobra was found in the cockpit mid-flight following which he was lauded by flight experts.

The plane's pilot said that the snake had been spotted under the aircraft before the wild flight Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. She has ...

South African pilot Rudolf Erasmus has been lauded by flight experts for a safe emergency landing after a highly venomous Cape cobra reared its head in the cockpit mid-flight. Erasmus, who has been ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Of all the things to go wrong midair in the cockpit of a plane, finding a venomous snake under the pilot's seat must surely be one of the worst scenarios. So spare a ...

A group of passengers on board a flight in South Africa on Monday (April 3) are lucky to be alive after an uninvited guest made its way onto the aircraft. Rudolf Erasmus was mid-flight when he felt ...