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What about crocodiles?

(Oct. 22) -- A crocodile on the loose is being blamed for the crash of a small plane in the Democratic Republic of Congo that killed 20 people after passengers panicked and stampeded down the aisle.

A lone survivor told investigators that a passenger had smuggled the reptile, whose size wasn't noted, on board in a sports bag. It somehow got loose on a domestic flight from the capital of Kinshasa to a regional airport in Bandundu, Britain's Daily Telegraph reported.

The panic started when a terrified stewardess "hurried" toward the cockpit, followed by passengers. That threw the small aircraft off balance, sending it into a field of thatched huts "despite the desperate efforts of the pilot," The Sun tabloid reported, citing an article originally published in Jeune Afrique, a French-language news magazine.

The crocodile survived the Aug. 25 crash but was killed with a machete on the ground. Details of the accident are only now emerging.

http://www.aolnews.com/2010/10/22/lo...r-plane-crash/