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Cabin attendant report, S80, stl-ord, passenger employee overheard bomb threat by intoxicated passenger. Crew notified. Captain had passenger removed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 458129 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199912 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : stl.airport |
| State Reference | MO |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty oversight : flight attendant in charge |
| Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 5 |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 2 flight attendant time total : 2 flight attendant time type : 80 |
| ASRS Report | 458129 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event : passenger misconduct non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Passenger Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Passenger Human Performance |
Narrative:
Passenger appeared somewhat intoxicated and was reported by another passenger to have been talking about the bombing in okc. Passenger told another flight attendant about it, who reported it to me. I then reported immediately to the captain. Passenger service was involved and passenger was removed from aircraft. Crisis control was called! Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated that the 'bomb' threat was overheard by an employee on a pass in the smoking lounge at stl airport. He reportedly said that 'this may not be the last of the bombs' (or bomb threats). When the same intoxicated man got on the plane, the employee told the flight attendants about his statement. She thought that maybe the informant was trying to feel self-important and could have been exaggerating the possible threat. The captain took the mention of 'bomb' seriously, and had the passenger removed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CABIN ATTENDANT RPT, S80, STL-ORD, PAX EMPLOYEE OVERHEARD BOMB THREAT BY INTOXICATED PAX. CREW NOTIFIED. CAPT HAD PAX REMOVED.
Narrative: PAX APPEARED SOMEWHAT INTOXICATED AND WAS RPTED BY ANOTHER PAX TO HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE BOMBING IN OKC. PAX TOLD ANOTHER FLT ATTENDANT ABOUT IT, WHO RPTED IT TO ME. I THEN RPTED IMMEDIATELY TO THE CAPT. PAX SVC WAS INVOLVED AND PAX WAS REMOVED FROM ACFT. CRISIS CTL WAS CALLED! CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT THE 'BOMB' THREAT WAS OVERHEARD BY AN EMPLOYEE ON A PASS IN THE SMOKING LOUNGE AT STL ARPT. HE REPORTEDLY SAID THAT 'THIS MAY NOT BE THE LAST OF THE BOMBS' (OR BOMB THREATS). WHEN THE SAME INTOXICATED MAN GOT ON THE PLANE, THE EMPLOYEE TOLD THE FLT ATTENDANTS ABOUT HIS STATEMENT. SHE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THE INFORMANT WAS TRYING TO FEEL SELF-IMPORTANT AND COULD HAVE BEEN EXAGGERATING THE POSSIBLE THREAT. THE CAPT TOOK THE MENTION OF 'BOMB' SERIOUSLY, AND HAD THE PAX REMOVED.
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.