Boarding pass ready, documents visible and a Boa constrictors by a meter and 20 in hand luggage. The highly unusual discovery was made by baggage handlers at the Tampa, Florida airport on Friday when the trolley passed through an X-ray machine.
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The Boa Constrictor in the luggage
Images posted to Instagram by the airport agency showed the animal alongside a pair of shoes and what appeared to be a laptop.
The agency regularly screens pets, but they should never be placed in an X-ray machine. It’s up to the airline to decide whether to allow a pet on board, the agency said.
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It’s not the first time airport baggage handlers have faced similar scenes. In 2019, a snake was spotted at Newark Liberty International Airport. Last year, TSA employees in Miami found a python wrapped in what appeared to be a sock hidden in a computer hard drive. The passenger bound for Barbados was fined and the snake confiscated.
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