Snakes on a plane ground Qantas flight! No way? Yes, way!

[Bucky]

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Missing snakes on plane ground Qantas flight

SYDNEY (AFP) – A Qantas airliner was grounded after four motherfuckin’ snakes went missing from the cargo hold on a motherfuckin' passenger flight from Alice Springs to Melbourne, according to officials.

Twelve baby motherfuckin' pythons were packed on the motherfuckin' Boeing 737-800 in the outback town on Tuesday, but when it arrived in Australia's second biggest city there were only eight, Qantas said in a statement.

Corporate manager David Epstein told public radio the motherfuckin’ snakes' escape was a mystery because the motherfuckin' consignment had been properly packaged in a tied calico bag inside a Styrofoam box with air holes punched in it.

"Our people called in a reptile expert and there was a suggestion that some of the baby motherfuckin' pythons had eaten the other motherfuckin' pythons because apparently it is not uncommon for baby motherfuckin' pythons to eat each motherfuckin' other," he said.

Qantas staff then weighed the remaining motherfuckin’ snakes to determine if they were heavier, but they were not.

"The only conclusion we could draw was four of them had broken free of the motherfuckin' packaging," Epstein said.