8-foot-long python found in plane

Five-hour operation to secure the safe rescue of the animal.

An eight-foot-long python, trapped in the undercarriage bay of an Indian Air Force An-32 transport aircraft in Agra, was rescued on Wednesday.

A Wildlife SOS team conducted a nearly five-hour operation to secure the safe rescue of the constrictor.

A member said: "We waited patiently for the python to release its grip so that we could safely transfer it to a transport carrier."

The python has been kept under observation at the Keitham centre of Wildlife SOS and will be released into its natural habitat when found fit.

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