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Captain report, B757, boarding in phoenix, passenger made joke about bomb in his luggage. Captain had him and bag removed by security personnel.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 461168 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200001 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : phx.airport |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 11400 flight time type : 160 |
| ASRS Report | 461168 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event : passenger misconduct cabin event other non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : cab#1 |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Passenger Human Performance Company |
| Primary Problem | Passenger Human Performance |
Narrative:
Just prior to scheduled pushback, a flight attendant came up to the cockpit to relate this incident. The flight attendant said that a passenger in the bulkhead row, when asked about contents of bag, that it had to be put in the overhead bin, replied 'a bomb.' passenger had been drinking. After talking with gate agent, I decided to have the passenger and bags removed. His traveling companion also elected to disembark. Airport security got involved.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT RPT, B757, BOARDING IN PHOENIX, PAX MADE JOKE ABOUT BOMB IN HIS LUGGAGE. CAPT HAD HIM AND BAG REMOVED BY SECURITY PERSONNEL.
Narrative: JUST PRIOR TO SCHEDULED PUSHBACK, A FLT ATTENDANT CAME UP TO THE COCKPIT TO RELATE THIS INCIDENT. THE FLT ATTENDANT SAID THAT A PAX IN THE BULKHEAD ROW, WHEN ASKED ABOUT CONTENTS OF BAG, THAT IT HAD TO BE PUT IN THE OVERHEAD BIN, REPLIED 'A BOMB.' PAX HAD BEEN DRINKING. AFTER TALKING WITH GATE AGENT, I DECIDED TO HAVE THE PAX AND BAGS REMOVED. HIS TRAVELING COMPANION ALSO ELECTED TO DISEMBARK. ARPT SECURITY GOT INVOLVED.
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.