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Newark airport authorities remove snake from a plane

Newark airport authorities remove snake from a plane
Samuel L. Jackson had to deal with snakes on *** plane, and now *** T. S. ***. Officer just had to deal with *** snake at an airport checkpoint on instagram. The T. S. ***. Posted *** pic of this 15 inch ring Next snake, which was seemingly left by *** passenger at *** security checkpoint at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. *** T. S. *** officer put *** plastic bin over the snake, creating *** barrier until authorities arrived to take it away. According to the Savannah River ecology laboratory at the University of Georgia. The snake is harmless to humans but does have weak venom it uses on prey to overpower them. The T. S. ***. Went on to comment that their policies don't prohibit bringing snakes on flights, but passengers should contact their airline and ask about their policies concerning traveling pets.
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Newark airport authorities remove snake from a plane
Related video above: TSA finds 15-Inch snake after passenger leaves it at security checkpointAlthough it sounds like a Hollywood plot, authorities didn't need help from "Snakes on a Plane" actor Samuel L. Jackson when 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," the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey told CNN. It said nobody was injured.A passenger onboard told News 12 The Bronx, a CNN affiliate, that "passengers in business class started shrieking and pulling their feet up" while the flight was taxiing.United Airlines tells CNN that crew members requested help from airport officials "after being alerted by passengers" to the snake.The flight was United 2038 from Tampa, according to the Port Authority. Unlike the infamous 2006 film "Snakes on a Plane," the incident did not impact operations at the airport.According to 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.

Related video above: TSA finds 15-Inch snake after passenger leaves it at security checkpoint

Although it sounds like a Hollywood plot, authorities didn't need help from "Snakes on a Plane" actor Samuel L. Jackson when an airline passenger found a snake underfoot after arriving at Newark Liberty International Airport.

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

A passenger onboard told News 12 The Bronx, a CNN affiliate, that "passengers in business class started shrieking and pulling their feet up" while the flight was taxiing.

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

The flight was United 2038 from Tampa, according to the Port Authority. Unlike the infamous 2006 film "Snakes on a Plane," the incident did not impact operations at the airport.

According to 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.