Disney TV Personality Removes Snake From Commercial Flight

A passenger behind the Disney+ star reportedly screamed as the reptile made its way to his feet.

Sometimes life imitates art, and such was the case with an Australian flight that unexpectedly hosted a not-so-welcome guest.

On Thursday, Virgin Australia passengers in Broome reportedly boarded a plane bound for Perth without realizing that a snake had slithered its way onto the aircraft, in a situation reminiscent of the 2006 action-thriller “Snakes on a Plane.”

They likely also didn’t know that Australian TV personality Andre Rerekura — an ocean videographer who appears in the Disney+ docuseries “Shipwreck Hunters Australia” — was among the passengers on this flight. And in true Disney fashion, Rerekura was about to become a hero.

Speaking to Australian media, Rerekura said someone shouted that a snake was on board as the plane was about to depart. He also said that a woman behind him screamed right before the snake made its way to his feet.

That was when Rerekura sprang into action, picking up the snake and carrying it off the aircraft. He noted that as soon as he spotted the reptile, he recognized it as a Stimson’s python that was just “scared and super shy,” as well as “cute.”