A South African pilot is being praised for keeping his cool after he discovered a most unwelcome passenger midflight: a Cape cobra. Pilot Rudolf Erasmus was piloting a Beechcraft Baron 58 with four ...

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A South African pilot noticed a deadly snake on his plane while up in the air and decided to make an emergency landing. Pilot Rudolf Erasmus who had four passengers on his ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A pilot in ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — 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 ...