Crocodile blamed for Congo air crash-20 people were killed

[kpete]

Crocodile blamed for Congo air crash
20 people were killed on the private plane; lone survivor tells tale
"The crocodile reportedly survived the crash but was killed by a blow from a machete."
updated 10/21/2010 2:45:51 PM ET 2010-10-21T18:45:51


A crocodile stashed in a duffel bag got loose on an airplane, frightened passengers and led to a crash that killed 20 people on board, according to an inquiry into the accident.

The lone survivor of the crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo told the story to investigators, the U.K.’s Telegraph reported on Thursday. A British pilot was among the dead.

The plane was on a routine domestic flight from the capital of Kinshasa to a regional airport in Bandundu when the bizarre tale unfolded on Aug. 25.

An unnamed passenger had hidden the crocodile in a large duffel bag with the intent of selling the reptile, according to the Telegraph. The animal escaped as the plane approached its destination.

Pandemonium ensued.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39781214/

[Poll_Blind]

1. Good lord! When I was a little kid my school showed a really grisly video about...

...a kid who brings a white mouse on a school bus and the mouse gets loose and everyone freaks out including the driver and it causes her to drive off a cliff and they all die.

No shit. I could not have been passed 5th grade at the time. They even did a slo-mo pan over the dead bodies a la the end of Taxi Driver.

Anyway, that's terrible and crazy and sad and pointless all at the same time.

PB

[HopeHoops]

2. Absolutely NO disrespect intended toward the crash victim, but that report reminded me of a Far Side

"All was lost until Fifi took the controls and saved the day" <- miniature poodle at the controls of the plane.

As for the crash in question, "pandemonium ensued" pretty much sums it up.

[d_r]

3. m.f.'n crocs on a plane

[tammywammy]

5. Win!!! n/t

[AsahinaKimi]

7. For the Win!

My thoughts exactly.

[Arugula Latte]

4. Terrifying way to go.

Poor people. :(

[NickB79]

6. I have had it with these motherf***ing crocodiles on this motherf***ing plane!

[Kaleva]

8. An example of why computers will never take over the world

Unless AI can be programed to come up with really off the wall ideas and do stupid shit (such as sneaking a croc on board a plane).

[Kaleva]

9. Crocs have feelings too but they killed it anyways.

[thereismore]

10. Now if only every passenger had a gun!

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