MD80 passenger showed the flight attendant a bomb threat note found in a magazine at his seat.

Attributes
ACN	534201
Time
Date	200112
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 5
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 3 flight attendant time total : 14 flight attendant time type : 40
ASRS Report	534201
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : 3
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Passenger Human Performance FAA Company
Primary Problem	Passenger Human Performance

Narrative:

On taxi out, passenger said 'look at this,' and handed me the in-flight magazine. There was a handwritten note on the page that said 'you are going to die on this plane, turn page...5, 4, 3, 2, 1, boom.' there were at least 2 other pages with notes as well, STAR of david drawn on front cover. I called captain. He stopped aircraft. After I showed him the magazine, he called the tower and returned to gate. Agents and supervisors and police met our flight. Passenger and crew were deplaned. Entire concourse was cleared, including passenger on other flts.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 PAX SHOWED THE FLT ATTENDANT A BOMB THREAT NOTE FOUND IN A MAGAZINE AT HIS SEAT.

Narrative: ON TAXI OUT, PAX SAID 'LOOK AT THIS,' AND HANDED ME THE INFLT MAGAZINE. THERE WAS A HANDWRITTEN NOTE ON THE PAGE THAT SAID 'YOU ARE GOING TO DIE ON THIS PLANE, TURN PAGE...5, 4, 3, 2, 1, BOOM.' THERE WERE AT LEAST 2 OTHER PAGES WITH NOTES AS WELL, STAR OF DAVID DRAWN ON FRONT COVER. I CALLED CAPT. HE STOPPED ACFT. AFTER I SHOWED HIM THE MAGAZINE, HE CALLED THE TWR AND RETURNED TO GATE. AGENTS AND SUPVRS AND POLICE MET OUR FLT. PAX AND CREW WERE DEPLANED. ENTIRE CONCOURSE WAS CLRED, INCLUDING PAX ON OTHER FLTS.

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.