Escaped crocodile causes aeroplane crash

From The Metro:

... a passenger had smuggled the crocodile on to the plane – which was travelling from the capital, Kinshasa, to Bandundu on August 25 – in a sports bag. When the reptile escaped during the flight, it caused panic among the passengers and in the confusion they followed the flight attendants towards the cockpit, throwing the plane off-balance and causing it to crash into a house.

Sounds a bit unlikely, but appears to be true. Even more implausibly:

Travellers could increasingly be affected by flooding to parts of the ageing network, the bulk of the which was built before anyone had considered global warming. Lines cutting through the countryside with high banks either side of the track are particularly vulnerable to landslips, a report has warned, as are low-lying areas from flooding.

Makes a change from 'leaves on the line' or 'the wrong kind of snow', I suppose.