(Photos) Horror as snake is found sleeping by a little boy on board US flight

Passengers on board a flight in America were left horrified when a live snake was found on board by a young boy.

According to reports, the owner had gotten off the plane but the reptile had not.Anna McConnaughy was on board the plane  which was bound for Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city.

She told the Associated Press today:

 “The pilot came on and said ‘Guys, we have some loose on the plane, but we don’t know where it is’.”

                    
A little boy, one of seven passengers on the Ravn Alaska commuter flight on Sunday from the village of Aniak was climbing on his seat when he spotted the slumbering snake.It was lying partially covered by a duffel bag near the back of the plane.
 McConnaughy said:

 “He [the boy] said, ‘Oh, Mum, look at this. What’s that?’
“That’s how we figured out there was a snake sleeping in the corner.”

A pilot came back to help, she said, leading to a short discussion with a flight attendant on how best to capture it.

The flight attendant grabbed the snake by the belly and dropped it into a plastic trash bag.


         
A spokesman for the airline, William Walsh, said in a statement that the snake owner had not registered the pet for travel in the cabin of the Ravn Alaska flight.
After arriving in Aniak, he reported that his snake was missing and likely on the return trip to Anchorage.


                     

Ravn Alaska does not allow any large animal that's not a dog to be used as a service animal.