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 ...

Snakes on a Plane! Pilot Makes Emergency Landing After Finding Deadly Cobra in the Cockpit The plane's pilot said that the snake had been spotted under the aircraft before the wild flight ...

No need for Samuel Jackson to intervene. Pilot Rudolf Erasmus just went about his business after he spotted a Cape Cobra slithering near his feet.

The snake Erasmus found himself sharing the cockpit with was a venomous Cape cobra — a snake with a bite that can kill someone in as quickly as 30 minutes, according to the University of San Diego.

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.

Of all the things to go wrong midair in the cockpit of a plane, finding an unwanted poisonous snake under the pilot's seat must surely be one of the worst scenarios.