Air carrier aircraft experienced bomb threat and subsequent evacuate/evacuation.

Attributes
ACN	408399
Time
Date	199807
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : dfw tower : dfw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach descent other landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	408399
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	faa : investigated Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

The decision how and when to evacuate/evacuation the plane took too long. If there was a bomb on the plane, we would have blown up!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR ACFT EXPERIENCED BOMB THREAT AND SUBSEQUENT EVAC.

Narrative: THE DECISION HOW AND WHEN TO EVAC THE PLANE TOOK TOO LONG. IF THERE WAS A BOMB ON THE PLANE, WE WOULD HAVE BLOWN UP!

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.