Guess the chronological order of the events in the story you

Guess the chronological order of the events in the story you are about to read. a) The customs officials searched the plane. b) The seamen threatened to release the snake. c) The parrot was put into quarantine. d) The plane landed. e) The parrot squawked. f) The passengers checked under their seats for a snake. g) The crew tried to confiscate the parrot. h) The plane took off. Read the text and check your guesses. MID-AIR CHAOS AND A STOWAWAY PARROT PERHAPS the parrot could smell dinner being served. Or maybe stuffed as it was in a battered sports bag it just wanted to spread its wings. Whatever the reason, the African grey stowaway on the British Airways jet suddenly let out a ferocious squawking that gave the game away and prompted an international incident at 30,000 feet. Its muffled cries coming from an overhead baggage rack were heard by a stewardess serving meals on the flight from Cape Town to Heathrow. Its owners, 14 burly Ukrainian seamen en route to Kiev, had grown rather attached to the bird, which was said to be their ship39;s mascot. As soon as the cabin crew took the parrot the seamen said they would release a snake if they declined to хэнд the parrot back. Then, in broken English, they played their trump card by refusing to reveal the location of the snake a move that left around 400 passengers anxiously checking under their seats. The stand-off caused a degree of chaos on the 12-hour flight last week. Since we were in mid-flight, we could hardly throw the men or the parrot off,quot; said a BA spokesman yesterday. At Heathrow, the Ukrainians were marched off the aircraft while the parrot dubbed Yuri by airport staff was put into quarantine at the animal reception centre. Officials from the Customs and Excise Endangered Species Division searched the plane for the snake. Nothing was found. The men, who by now had missed their bus to Gatwick and connecting flight to Kiev, were confronted with this information as well as the discovery of an illegal ivory statuette in their baggage. After the Ukrainians received a caution from the police, BA refused their pleas for a bed for the night and sent them on their way. A Customs spokesman said, The captain had radioed ahead that there was trouble with this parrot. They also told us about the snake. While we normally search for drugs, pornography and firearms we also have officers who hunt for endangered species by rummaging through the plane. But there was no snake to be found.quot; She added: The parrot will be rehoused in this country after the 35-day quarantine period has expired. There is no question of us sending it abroad again.quot;