A “disgruntled” JetBlue passenger who missed his flight from Las Vegas to Los Angeles allegedly said his luggage contained a possible bomb.
FILE: A JetBlue Airways plane takes off from SFO’s International Airport in July 2020 in San Francisco.On May 4, a “disgruntled” JetBlue passenger who missed his flight from Las Vegas to Los Angeles allegedly said his luggage contained a possible bomb, a spokesperson for Los Angeles Airport Police told SFGATE. Airport police evacuated passengers and crew members on the flight once it landed in Los Angeles.
“At approximately 12:57 p.m., the LVMPD was notified of an irate passenger at Harry Reid International Airport. The individual had made some concerning comments about his luggage after missing his flight,” a spokesperson for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department told SFGATE in a statement.. It left 37 minutes late at 12:49 p.m. and arrived 32 minutes late at LAX shortly after 2 p.m.
When the plane arrived, pilots isolated the plane from the rest of the airport. Police and firefighters were called to the tarmac at Terminal 4 to investigate the threat, according to LA TV news station. Passengers and crew were allowed to deplane around 3:20 p.m. via truck-mounted staircase and board shuttles to the airport over an hour after the plane arrived. Around 4:30 p.m.
“After a thorough investigation, it was determined the comments made were out of frustration and not a real threat,” LVMPD told SFGATE. LVMPD issued the passenger a misdemeanor citation once the investigation was complete for violating airport rules.
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