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Qantas staff use ‘wheel whackers’ to scare off rattlesnakes drawn to planes parked in US desert – 7NEWS.com.au

Storing unused planes in hot, dry desert regions is bringing in some unwanted – and occasionally deadly – visitors.

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Since the start of the pandemic, thousands of planes from airlines around the world have been grounded.
Many have been temporarily moved to hot, arid deserts because they provide ideal conditions for aircraft storage.
But as plane maintenance workers have discovered, such climates often come with unwanted – and occasionally deadly – inhabitants.
Australian airline Qantas has revealed that engineers tasked with maintaining its fleet of A380 superjumbos stored in Californias Mojave Desert have had…

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