FYI - no actual media verification:

"An Air India flight to Mumbai was grounded at the airport on Monday after the crew spotted an unexpected guest on board — a cobra.
Though there have been instances of reptiles moving around the airport, this is for the first time a snake has managed to sneak into an aircraft.
The snake was found inside a domestic aircraft (Airbus A319) that had arrived from Srinagar (IC-822) and was at parking bay number 150. Around 9.30 pm, airline staff on maintenance duty found the snake below a seat."

link: http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace...969.aspx#19484

Edited to Add: MSN: (From HT Media - (Hindustan Times)): http://news.in.msn.com/national/arti...mentID=1659633

AFP quoting HT: http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking...ry_275111.html