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An air carrier B737-300 crew treated an intoxicated passenger with no baggage as a bomb threat. Aircraft evacuate/evacuationed at gate.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 343201 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199608 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pit |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 260 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 343201 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Intoxicated male passenger was removed from flight after boarding. Passenger had no carry-on or checked baggage. Decision between company personnel and airport law enforcement was made to empty the aircraft of passenger and conduct a bomb search. None found. Flight continued to destination.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR B737-300 CREW TREATED AN INTOXICATED PAX WITH NO BAGGAGE AS A BOMB THREAT. ACFT EVACED AT GATE.
Narrative: INTOXICATED MALE PAX WAS REMOVED FROM FLT AFTER BOARDING. PAX HAD NO CARRY-ON OR CHKED BAGGAGE. DECISION BTWN COMPANY PERSONNEL AND ARPT LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS MADE TO EMPTY THE ACFT OF PAX AND CONDUCT A BOMB SEARCH. NONE FOUND. FLT CONTINUED TO DEST.
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.