Airport authorities remove snake from a plane, US

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19-10-2022, 23:53

INA - SOURCES

An airline passenger found a snake underfoot after arriving at Newark Liberty International Airport.

Police and operations employees met the plane at its gate early Monday afternoon "and removed the garden snake," said the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. It also said nobody was injured.

A passenger onboard said that "passengers in business class started shrieking and pulling their feet up" while the flight was taxiing.

United Airlines made a comment that crew members requested help from airport officials "after being alerted by passengers" to the snake.

According the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, various types of garter snakes are often colloquially called "garden" snakes. The snakes are nonvenomous, and they are indeed often found in gardens, where they help keep control of pests.