A passenger on board a Hawaiian Airlines flight made a false bomb threat and was removed from the aircraft in San Diego on Tuesday.
The Navy electronics technician told a flight attendant on Hawaiian flight 15 that the passenger seated next to him onboard the Airbus A330 in economy had a bomb as they prepared to depart for Honolulu. Passengers report he was behaving suspiciously and was possibly drunk.
The captain halted the departure process, emergency vehicles surrounded the plane, and armed FBI agents boarded the aircraft. Initially passengers were told there was a ‘technical issue’ but that was clearly false when government agents, rather than mechanics, boarded the plane with weapons and not tools.
Here’s some of my clips from yesterday’s bomb scare on Hawaiian flight HA15 from San Diego to Honolulu. We made it home safe around 5 pm. Hawaiian Airlines treated us very well .@HawaiianAir @StarAdvertiser @KHONnews @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/qGYZ8fXYyF
— Chad Nelson (@ChadNelson808) May 21, 2025
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Everyone was removed from the aircraft (leaving their bags on board – taking only cell phone and wallet). Bomb-sniffing dogs were used in a search of the aircraft and luggage, and no threats were found.
The man faces fines and incarceration up to one year on charges of:
- making a false bomb threat under California Penal Code (PC) 148.1
- filing a false report of a security threat under San Diego County Regional Airport Authority Code 7.07.
The flight departed for Honolulu at around five hours later.
(HT: Live and Let’s Fly)
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