Snakes on a plane for real

Snakes on a Plane is one of the best/worst films of recent times so this news did not help my fear of flying:

"An Australian airliner was grounded after four baby pythons escaped from their container in the aircraft's hold.

The snakes, just six inches long, were among 12 Stimson's pythons being flown from Alice Springs to Melbourne."

You mean they do transport snakes on passenger planes...