Narrative:

At cruise, flight attendant advised cockpit that 2 passenger had been talking about bombs and another passenger had overheard the conversation. The boys, 2 hispanic teenagers, had made several comments. I advised dispatch and soc of the names and seat numbers and in consensus with flight attendants made the decision that it was most likely teenagers shooting their mouths off. Soc and dispatch ran names in database and pretty much decided the crew had made the right decision. The 2 passenger were warned about the seriousness of their comments by the #1 flight attendants. 2 deadheading flight attendants were reseated to observe the two and subsequently the two fell asleep. Security in los angeles to include fbi terrorism task force members and lapd met the flight and escorted them off the aircraft upon arrival. Their initial assessment was much the same as mine -- that it was a case of teenagers shooting off their mouths. They were still interviewing the two as I departed aircraft to operations. Their mother who was also on the aircraft but in a different row was in tears. All flight attendants submitted disturbance reports and were interviewed and the passenger who overheard the comments was interviewed by auths.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: 2 TEENAGE BOYS WERE OVERHEARD DISCUSSING BOMBS ON BOARD WHILE ENRTE. LAW ENFORCEMENT MET AND DEBRIEFED THEM.

Narrative: AT CRUISE, FLT ATTENDANT ADVISED COCKPIT THAT 2 PAX HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT BOMBS AND ANOTHER PAX HAD OVERHEARD THE CONVERSATION. THE BOYS, 2 HISPANIC TEENAGERS, HAD MADE SEVERAL COMMENTS. I ADVISED DISPATCH AND SOC OF THE NAMES AND SEAT NUMBERS AND IN CONSENSUS WITH FLT ATTENDANTS MADE THE DECISION THAT IT WAS MOST LIKELY TEENAGERS SHOOTING THEIR MOUTHS OFF. SOC AND DISPATCH RAN NAMES IN DATABASE AND PRETTY MUCH DECIDED THE CREW HAD MADE THE RIGHT DECISION. THE 2 PAX WERE WARNED ABOUT THE SERIOUSNESS OF THEIR COMMENTS BY THE #1 FLT ATTENDANTS. 2 DEADHEADING FLT ATTENDANTS WERE RESEATED TO OBSERVE THE TWO AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE TWO FELL ASLEEP. SECURITY IN LOS ANGELES TO INCLUDE FBI TERRORISM TASK FORCE MEMBERS AND LAPD MET THE FLT AND ESCORTED THEM OFF THE ACFT UPON ARR. THEIR INITIAL ASSESSMENT WAS MUCH THE SAME AS MINE -- THAT IT WAS A CASE OF TEENAGERS SHOOTING OFF THEIR MOUTHS. THEY WERE STILL INTERVIEWING THE TWO AS I DEPARTED ACFT TO OPS. THEIR MOTHER WHO WAS ALSO ON THE ACFT BUT IN A DIFFERENT ROW WAS IN TEARS. ALL FLT ATTENDANTS SUBMITTED DISTURBANCE RPTS AND WERE INTERVIEWED AND THE PAX WHO OVERHEARD THE COMMENTS WAS INTERVIEWED BY AUTHS.

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.