An Emirates flight from Oman to Dubai was cancelled after staff found a snake on the plane.

　　阿联酋航空一架由阿曼飞往迪拜的航班因搬运工在飞机内发现一条蟒蛇而取消。

　　Flight EK0863 from Muscat was grounded after baggage handlers found the serpent in the cargo hold.

　　一名行李搬运工在货舱内发现一条蟒蛇后，这架来自马斯喀特的航班号为EK0863的飞机未起飞。

　　A spokesperson for the airline, quoted by Dubai-based media, said the snake was found before passengers boarded the plane.

　　来自迪拜媒体消息，航空公司发言人称，这条蟒蛇是在旅客登机前发现的。

　　The aircraft was searched before re-entering service and arriving at its destination several hours later.

　　经过搜查之后这架飞机重新进入正常服务，并在几小时后到达目的地。

　　Emirates did not specify the species of snake, nor whether it was potentially dangerous.

　　阿联酋航空没有具体说明这条蟒蛇的种类，也没有透露这条蟒蛇是否有潜在危害。

　　Comparisons with the 2006 Samuel L Jackson thriller Snakes on a Plane, which sees passengers battle hundreds of highly poisonous snakes in mid-flight, inevitably emerged on social media.

　　与塞缪尔·杰克逊2006年主演的恐怖电影《航班蛇患》的比较将不可避免出现在社交媒体上，影片中旅客和数百剧毒的毒蛇在航班中途斗争。

　　But it’s far from the first time a snake has tried to travel free of charge on planes from warm climates.

　　但是这远不是热带气候地区第一次出现蛇类想免费搭乘飞机的情况。

　　In November last year, passengers on a Mexico domestic flight were panicked by the appearance of a metre-long snake which dropped from the overhead compartments.

　　去年11月，一架墨西哥国内航班上的头等舱出现了一条一米多长的蛇，乘客受到了惊吓。

　　A 10ft (3m) scrub python was spotted clinging on to the wing as a plane made its way between the Australian town of Cairns and Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea in 2013.

　　2013年，在一架从澳大利亚凯恩斯飞往巴布亚新几内亚的莫尔兹比港的航班上，一条3米来长的紫晶蟒被乘客发现攀附在机翼上。

　　And in 2012, animal protection officers had to rescue a young racer which arrived in Scotland on a flight from Mexico.

　　2012年，动物保护人员从墨西哥飞抵苏格兰的航班上救了一条幼年游蛇。

（编辑：何莹莹）