Narrative:

First officer (first officer) noticed [a suspicious] device hanging on spare bulbs panel before push as he was plugging in his personal headset. Contacted operations and asked for jet bridge return with a gsc (ground security coordinator). Looked up previous pilots and discovered they were at gate xx. We reviewed QRH. Called gate xx and confirmed device was previous first officer's. Ownership was identified. Previous first officer said device was battery pack for their personal headset. Device given back to previous first officer by gsc.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 NG flight crew reported a suspicious device hanging from the spare bulbs panel resulting in a flight delay.

Narrative: FO (First Officer) noticed [a suspicious] device hanging on spare bulbs panel before push as he was plugging in his personal headset. Contacted Operations and asked for jet bridge return with a GSC (Ground Security Coordinator). Looked up previous pilots and discovered they were at Gate XX. We reviewed QRH. Called Gate XX and confirmed device was previous FO's. Ownership was identified. Previous FO said device was battery pack for their personal headset. Device given back to previous FO by GSC.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.