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Seriously?? They diverted because of a reptile in an overhead bin? SOP should have been land normally, catch the little rascal, and fly it back home again.
by hodgesrm 5y ago
Seriously?? They diverted because of a reptile in an overhead bin? SOP should have been land normally, catch the little rascal, and fly it back home again.
- deltaonefour 5y agoI prefer everyone to be overcautious if something unexpected occurs. How did the snake get in the plane? Perhaps there's some damage somewhere that allowed the snake to slip in? Landing is the right choice imo.
- jhugo 5y ago> Perhaps there's some damage somewhere that allowed the snake to slip in? I mean, I agree with your more general point, but for an airliner to operate with unnoticed damage is pretty rare. For a snake to then also climb in through the unnoticed damage? It seems like there are simpler explanations that are much more likely :)
- lamontcg 5y agoIf the snake gets into the passenger compartment and bites someone that's a lawsuit. If they have a reaction to the venom that's a bigger lawsuit. And the company is not going to trust any armchair herpetologist guesses as to what species it is or what it "probably" is. It is also unusual enough of an occurrence that a strict policy of diverting when there's (mf'ing) snakes on the plane won't really impact operations that much. IOW better safe that sorry.
- paranoidrobot 5y agoThey diverted, nobody was injured. The airline took a financial hit. This was about the best possible outcome. Could you imaging making the call not to divert, and then the snake gets out of the light compartment? Keeping panicked passengers on their seats for landing is going to be a tall order. A pilot who made that call is going to find it difficult to defend such a decision, and if there were injuries is going to be finding a other career.