<< >> NASA ASRS Report 614499, April 2004

B757-200 purser informed the captain that 4 passenger were acting in an unusual, and suspicious manner. Passenger were removed from flight.

Attributes
ACN	614499
Time
Date	200404
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bos.airport
State Reference	MA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight ground : pushback
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	614499
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger misconduct non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other other : 3
Resolutory Action	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Cabin Crew Human Performance Company Passenger Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Passenger Human Performance

Narrative:

On ground at bos, #1 flight attendant informed me of unusual/suspicious behavior of what appeared to be 4 foreign men in first class cabin. After much confusion and discussion by ground personnel in bos, captain made decision to have all 4 men removed from flight for safety/security reasons. Event was debriefed at flight office with crew, union and cpr security at length.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757-200 PURSER INFORMED THE CAPT THAT 4 PAX WERE ACTING IN AN UNUSUAL, AND SUSPICIOUS MANNER. PAX WERE REMOVED FROM FLT.

Narrative: ON GND AT BOS, #1 FLT ATTENDANT INFORMED ME OF UNUSUAL/SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE 4 FOREIGN MEN IN FIRST CLASS CABIN. AFTER MUCH CONFUSION AND DISCUSSION BY GND PERSONNEL IN BOS, CAPT MADE DECISION TO HAVE ALL 4 MEN REMOVED FROM FLT FOR SAFETY/SECURITY REASONS. EVENT WAS DEBRIEFED AT FLT OFFICE WITH CREW, UNION AND CPR SECURITY AT LENGTH.

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.