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B737 ng flight crew reported a suspicious device hanging from the spare bulbs panel resulting in a flight delay.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1689690 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201910 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Next Generation Undifferentiated |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 137 Flight Crew Total 23000 Flight Crew Type 11000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 136 Flight Crew Total 2252 Flight Crew Type 1935 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Security |
Narrative:
First officer (first officer) noticed [a suspicious] device hanging on spare bulbs panel before push as he was plugging in his personal headset. Contacted operations and asked for jet bridge return with a gsc (ground security coordinator). Looked up previous pilots and discovered they were at gate xx. We reviewed QRH. Called gate xx and confirmed device was previous first officer's. Ownership was identified. Previous first officer said device was battery pack for their personal headset. Device given back to previous first officer by gsc.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 NG flight crew reported a suspicious device hanging from the spare bulbs panel resulting in a flight delay.
Narrative: FO (First Officer) noticed [a suspicious] device hanging on spare bulbs panel before push as he was plugging in his personal headset. Contacted Operations and asked for jet bridge return with a GSC (Ground Security Coordinator). Looked up previous pilots and discovered they were at Gate XX. We reviewed QRH. Called Gate XX and confirmed device was previous FO's. Ownership was identified. Previous FO said device was battery pack for their personal headset. Device given back to previous FO by GSC.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.