A crocodile on a plane kills 19

[Corey]

Thought this news story was weird enough to post:

http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/c...-1225942045322

[Smith6612]

That's rather weird. I wonder who would bring a Crocodile onto a plane without putting it in some sort of cage or perhaps in a place other than carry on storage. Considering the plane was close to it's destination, I wonder if people forgot the rule planes generally have with standing up while it's landing?

[carl6969]

Weird is a good description.
So is "sad".
I recollect taking a commuter flight years ago on a small plane, about 8 passengers plus the pilot.
Before we boarded the pilot asked each of how much we weighed and then assigned seats based on our individual weight in order to insure that the small plane was properly balanced for flight. One man was instructed to sit in the co pilots seat during the flight. Obviously, as made dramatically clear in this news story, distribution of weight on these small planes is critical.

[redoakranch]

Yowza...that is weird, and sad.

At least no one was killed in this incident, and the helpless "stowaway" was rescued.

http://www.newser.com/story/99098/ti...n-luggage.html

Poor baby. I rather doubt it would have survived the journey.

[whitebus]

I smell a sequel.

Can you imagine Samuel L Jackson... "I have had enough of these [mofo] croks on this [mofo] plane!"

[redoakranch]

Oh dear, I just thought of an even scarier sequel. Snakes on A Plane? How about Lice on a Learjet...? Paris Hilton and Brittany Spears stampeding with 50 pound makeup cases from side to side while the private jet barrel-rolls...

Y'all will have to pardon me. I just spent a month back in my hometown of Los Angeles. Obviously the effects are lingering.

[vishal]

OMG !!! Really weird

[3dhomejoe]

My question is why? Why would you take one on an airplane and how did he get it on board without anyone noticing that there might be something alive in that bag?

[lemon-tree]

The security checks on small flights like these is a world away from the rigorous checks and double checks you have to endure when getting on a regular commercial jet. It's likely that the checks done were woefully inadequate, so it isn't so much of a surprise that they managed to get it aboard.
Unfortunately, this shows just how poorly people react in these sort of situations, a crocodile that small is not going to do any harm whatsoever; so although very tragic these people ultimately brought about their own demise by ignoring the requirements to remain in their seats and thereby destabilising the plane. Obviously, the crocodile should never have been there in the first place, but the course of events after it was discovered lacked any thought about situation.

[ChatIndia]

In such situation people should show little courage. But I think air hostess was the first one to run towards the cockpit. Learned people also don't know what can happen if the whole load shifts one one side.