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Passenger responds to flight attendant when told to clean up paper container and plan for takeoff, 'I've got a time bomb.' aircraft returned to gate and passenger removed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 602154 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200311 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lax.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| 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 : 7 |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 5 flight attendant time total : 8 flight attendant time type : 10 |
| ASRS Report | 602154 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event : passenger misconduct non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : fa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Passenger Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Passenger Human Performance |
Narrative:
During my final walk-thru, the passenger at the bulkhead seat in coach, seat xx, had a bistro bag and a manila envelope on the FLO0OR in front of him. I told him he had to pick all of it up. He replied, 'I've been waiting for you, I've got a time bomb.' he stopped and said, 'I shouldn't have said that, I didn't mean it.' I told him, 'you shouldn't have said that.' I went back to the first class galley and told the #1 flight attendant. I then went back and looked in the bag. (In hindsight I realize I shouldn't have done that.) the bag only had the contents of the bistro bag. I notified the captain and he took the flight back to the gate. He notified auths. When we got to the gate, the police met the plane and removed the passenger and his baggage in the overhead and in the cargo compartment. Once that was taken care of, we proceeded onto ord. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter advised passenger was 'under age' and security advised that parents would be called. No other information has been received since the incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PAX RESPONDS TO FLT ATTENDANT WHEN TOLD TO CLEAN UP PAPER CONTAINER AND PLAN FOR TKOF, 'I'VE GOT A TIME BOMB.' ACFT RETURNED TO GATE AND PAX REMOVED.
Narrative: DURING MY FINAL WALK-THRU, THE PAX AT THE BULKHEAD SEAT IN COACH, SEAT XX, HAD A BISTRO BAG AND A MANILA ENVELOPE ON THE FLO0OR IN FRONT OF HIM. I TOLD HIM HE HAD TO PICK ALL OF IT UP. HE REPLIED, 'I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU, I'VE GOT A TIME BOMB.' HE STOPPED AND SAID, 'I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT, I DIDN'T MEAN IT.' I TOLD HIM, 'YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT.' I WENT BACK TO THE FIRST CLASS GALLEY AND TOLD THE #1 FLT ATTENDANT. I THEN WENT BACK AND LOOKED IN THE BAG. (IN HINDSIGHT I REALIZE I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT.) THE BAG ONLY HAD THE CONTENTS OF THE BISTRO BAG. I NOTIFIED THE CAPT AND HE TOOK THE FLT BACK TO THE GATE. HE NOTIFIED AUTHS. WHEN WE GOT TO THE GATE, THE POLICE MET THE PLANE AND REMOVED THE PAX AND HIS BAGGAGE IN THE OVERHEAD AND IN THE CARGO COMPARTMENT. ONCE THAT WAS TAKEN CARE OF, WE PROCEEDED ONTO ORD. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR ADVISED PAX WAS 'UNDER AGE' AND SECURITY ADVISED THAT PARENTS WOULD BE CALLED. NO OTHER INFO HAS BEEN RECEIVED SINCE THE INCIDENT.
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.