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Flight crew notified suspicious passenger talking about guns and bomb detained and questioned disappeared and bags were on board. ATC declared an emergency. Aircraft diverted to mci. Bags were removed and inspected by people and dogs. No problems were found. Aircraft continued to destination slc without further problem.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 325925 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199601 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : oma |
| State Reference | NB |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 35000 msl bound upper : 35000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zmp |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 3500 |
| ASRS Report | 325925 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
En route cvg-slc at 35000 ft over oma, received call from atl flight control of possible bomb threat. Passenger was overheard on phone in cvg prior to boarding talking about guns and or bomb in checked baggage on board our aircraft. Passenger was detained, questioned, and then released. After further investigation it was decided further questioning was needed, however, passenger had disappeared. His 4 bags were on board our flight! Diverted to mci after declaring of emergency by ATC. Directed to gate at terminal after landing, removed suspected bags. Sniffer dogs unable to provide positive indication of any material in any bags. Reboarded aircraft and continued to slc.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC NOTIFIED SUSPICIOUS PAX TALKING ABOUT GUNS AND BOMB DETAINED AND QUESTIONED DISAPPEARED AND BAGS WERE ON BOARD. ATC DECLARED AN EMER. ACFT DIVERTED TO MCI. BAGS WERE REMOVED AND INSPECTED BY PEOPLE AND DOGS. NO PROBS WERE FOUND. ACFT CONTINUED TO DEST SLC WITHOUT FURTHER PROB.
Narrative: ENRTE CVG-SLC AT 35000 FT OVER OMA, RECEIVED CALL FROM ATL FLT CTL OF POSSIBLE BOMB THREAT. PAX WAS OVERHEARD ON PHONE IN CVG PRIOR TO BOARDING TALKING ABOUT GUNS AND OR BOMB IN CHKED BAGGAGE ON BOARD OUR ACFT. PAX WAS DETAINED, QUESTIONED, AND THEN RELEASED. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DECIDED FURTHER QUESTIONING WAS NEEDED, HOWEVER, PAX HAD DISAPPEARED. HIS 4 BAGS WERE ON BOARD OUR FLT! DIVERTED TO MCI AFTER DECLARING OF EMER BY ATC. DIRECTED TO GATE AT TERMINAL AFTER LNDG, REMOVED SUSPECTED BAGS. SNIFFER DOGS UNABLE TO PROVIDE POSITIVE INDICATION OF ANY MATERIAL IN ANY BAGS. REBOARDED ACFT AND CONTINUED TO SLC.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.