An Air Asia Airbus A320-200, registration 9M-RAN performing flight AK-5748 from Kuala Lumpur to Tawau (Malaysia), was enroute at FL330 over the South China Sea about 250nm westnorthwest of Kuching (Malaysia) when a snake appeared in the overhead lockers in the passenger cabin. The crew diverted the aircraft to Kuching for a safe landing about 45 minutes later.

A replacement A320-200N registration 9M-RAL continued the flight and reached Tawau with a delay of about 5:50 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Kuching about 28 hours after landing.

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