Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Wildlife trappers were summoned to an airport in India when workers found themselves in a situation of life imitating art: a snake on a plane. Kolkata Airport officials confirmed a baggage handler for airline IndiGo was preparing the plane for a flight to Mumbai when he spotted the snake in the cargo hold before passengers began boarding. Advertisement A Kolkata Forest Department officer was summoned to the scene and a video recorded at the airport shows the trapper struggling to contain the large reptile on the tarmac. The scene evoked comparisons to the 2006 action/comedy film Snakes on a Plane. The snake was later identified as a non-venomous rat snake. Officials said they believe the snake slithered aboard the plane while it was being unloaded from an earlier flight. Read More E.E. Cummings collection returned to library after more than 50 years Man chops through 85 kiwis in minute while on balance board Class ring stolen 20 years ago found in closet of newly purchased house
