Snakes? On a Plane?

What do you know. . . maybe it isn't such a stupid plot idea after all.

I said "maybe".

Monty Coles lands plane with snake in cockpit.

On radioing for emergency landing the pilot is quoted as saying:

"They came back and asked what my problem was. I told them I had one hand full of snake and the other hand full of plane. They cleared me in."

(my apologies if you've already seen this a million times already)