Cabin crew on the Virgin Australia flight quickly shut the cargo door, locking the reptile inside before calling for professional help. Snake catcher Mark Pelley, famously known as The Snake Hunter, was urgently called to the scene.

An Australian domestic airline flight has been delayed for two hours after a stowaway snake was found in the plane’s cargo hold

A domestic Virgin Australia flight was delayed for two hours after a stowaway snake was discovered in the plane’s cargo hold. Snake catcher Mark Pelley found the reptile half-hidden in the dimly lit hold as passengers boarded Flight VA337 from Melbourne to Brisbane on Tuesday.