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Posted by samzenpus on Friday October 22, 2010 @10:31AM from the I-only-let-him-touch-the-controls-for-a-minute dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A 20-seat regional airliner crashed in Congo, after an illegally trafficked pet crocodile escaped from a bag on-board. Panicked passengers stormed the cockpit, causing the plane to lose balance and crash just a few hundred paces from the runway they were supposed to land at. Only one person survived the impact."

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Snakes on a Plane II: In Cold Blood (Score:2, Funny)

by giantism_strikes ( 1887188 ) writes:

Someone go get Samuel Jackson and let him know that he's got a movie to be in.
Spoof - who publishes this (Score:2)

by ciaran_o_riordan ( 662132 ) writes:

The story originated from a site called www.thespoof.com!
CNN isn't the only agency to publish this one. Here's a Belgian paper which published it, and even mentioned that they found it on www.thespoof.com:
http://www.lalibre.be/actu/international/article/618724/un-crocodile-de-quatre-metres-cache-dans-un-sac-a-la-base-d-un-accident-d-avion-au-congo.html [lalibre.be]
(I guess they can excuse themselves because there's the language barrier.)
- not CNN, I meant Fox News (Score:2)
  
  by ciaran_o_riordan ( 662132 ) writes:
  
  s/CNN/Fox/
- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by Sarten-X ( 1102295 ) writes:
  
  Not quite. The Spoof has an article with fake quotes talking about the crocodile attempting to pilot the plane. It was published on October 22nd, 2010.
  Other [aviation-safety.net] sources [msn.com] include more details, and appear to be legitimate. Some [eturbonews.com] predate the Spoof article.
  It's not the incident that The Spoof fictionalized. It's just the details.
  - seems you're right (Score:2)
    
    by ciaran_o_riordan ( 662132 ) writes:
    
    Strange.
    I wonder why the Belgian paper credited www.thespoof.com with the story.
    Now that I search that site for "crocodile" and "congo", I only find this story:
    http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s3i84966 [thespoof.com]
    (which is a childish "spoof" about the pilot being in the jacuzzi at the time...)
didnt the crocodile say (Score:1)

by nopainogain ( 1091795 ) writes:

TURN THIS PLANE AROUND? I hear he was also wearing a turban and praying in arabic. The passengers weren't uncomfortable til the crocodile started the arabic praying.
- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by Issarlk ( 1429361 ) writes:
  
  How do you know the Alligator wasn't part of Al Quaeda? The US uses trained dolphins to fight terrorism, I don't see why terrorism wouldn't use alligators.
I can't be the only one who wants to know... (Score:2, Insightful)

by Evil_Ether ( 1200695 ) writes:

...did the croc make it?
- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by 6Yankee ( 597075 ) writes:
  
  Way I heard it, it survived the crash... only to be hacked to piece by the locals.
Been There, Done That - Ace Rimmer - What a Guy! (Score:1)

by logandr ( 521767 ) writes:

Foxnews was watching Red Dwarf and thought it was real....Ace Rimmer, What a guy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXYfnWRp1Q0 [youtube.com]

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