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B727 level FL330, cabin attendant handed captain napkin with the word 'bomb.' many passenger had used aft lavatory. Captain elected to declare emergency and land jax. Fbi and local auths detained and interviewed passenger plus searching the aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 349684 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199610 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : crg |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 33000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zjx |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 349684 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | faa : investigated other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Departed mia at XA09Z for dtw. Climbed to FL330 and leveled off. Proceeded along flight plan route. At approximately XA28Z cabin attendant entered cockpit with a cocktail napkin with the words bomb inside printed on it. Cabin attendant stated that a female passenger had handed the napkin to her and said that she had found it in the aft lavatory. Since a cabin search checklist had been accomplished prior to flight, and that lavatory had been used by several passenger since departure, I decided to perceive this note as a positive sabotage threat. An emergency was declared with ZJX and checklist procedures were accomplished and the aircraft was landed jax at XA57Z and a ground evacuate/evacuation was accomplished. Fbi and local auths detained and interviewed passenger and searched/inspected aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B727 LEVEL FL330, CABIN ATTENDANT HANDED CAPT NAPKIN WITH THE WORD 'BOMB.' MANY PAX HAD USED AFT LAVATORY. CAPT ELECTED TO DECLARE EMER AND LAND JAX. FBI AND LCL AUTHS DETAINED AND INTERVIEWED PAX PLUS SEARCHING THE ACFT.
Narrative: DEPARTED MIA AT XA09Z FOR DTW. CLBED TO FL330 AND LEVELED OFF. PROCEEDED ALONG FLT PLAN RTE. AT APPROX XA28Z CABIN ATTENDANT ENTERED COCKPIT WITH A COCKTAIL NAPKIN WITH THE WORDS BOMB INSIDE PRINTED ON IT. CABIN ATTENDANT STATED THAT A FEMALE PAX HAD HANDED THE NAPKIN TO HER AND SAID THAT SHE HAD FOUND IT IN THE AFT LAVATORY. SINCE A CABIN SEARCH CHKLIST HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED PRIOR TO FLT, AND THAT LAVATORY HAD BEEN USED BY SEVERAL PAX SINCE DEP, I DECIDED TO PERCEIVE THIS NOTE AS A POSITIVE SABOTAGE THREAT. AN EMER WAS DECLARED WITH ZJX AND CHKLIST PROCS WERE ACCOMPLISHED AND THE ACFT WAS LANDED JAX AT XA57Z AND A GND EVAC WAS ACCOMPLISHED. FBI AND LCL AUTHS DETAINED AND INTERVIEWED PAX AND SEARCHED/INSPECTED ACFT.
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.