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Passenger boarded MD80S reporting she was asked to carry a stranger's bag. Passenger and carry-on's were deplaned and the cabin searched with no unidented bag found. Flight then departed without incident.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 399535 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199804 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lga |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 399535 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
A passenger boarded the plane and said someone in the lobby area asked her to carry on a bag. She did not. However, another passenger heard what she said and became very concerned. We questioned the lady who brought this to our attention, asked her to walk through the cabin to try and identify who asked her to bring bag on board. She did not notice the person so a decision was made to deplane all passenger with the belongings and check the cabin for any unclaimed baggage. Nothing was found and passenger were reboarded and flight left with no problems.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PAX BOARDED MD80S RPTING SHE WAS ASKED TO CARRY A STRANGER'S BAG. PAX AND CARRY-ON'S WERE DEPLANED AND THE CABIN SEARCHED WITH NO UNIDENTED BAG FOUND. FLT THEN DEPARTED WITHOUT INCIDENT.
Narrative: A PAX BOARDED THE PLANE AND SAID SOMEONE IN THE LOBBY AREA ASKED HER TO CARRY ON A BAG. SHE DID NOT. HOWEVER, ANOTHER PAX HEARD WHAT SHE SAID AND BECAME VERY CONCERNED. WE QUESTIONED THE LADY WHO BROUGHT THIS TO OUR ATTN, ASKED HER TO WALK THROUGH THE CABIN TO TRY AND IDENT WHO ASKED HER TO BRING BAG ON BOARD. SHE DID NOT NOTICE THE PERSON SO A DECISION WAS MADE TO DEPLANE ALL PAX WITH THE BELONGINGS AND CHK THE CABIN FOR ANY UNCLAIMED BAGGAGE. NOTHING WAS FOUND AND PAX WERE REBOARDED AND FLT LEFT WITH NO PROBS.
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.