While we’ve heard of people calling 9-1-1 to report complaints they have about their food, police in Pittsburgh say one fast food customer took things a step too far when he allegedly called in a bomb threat to avoid paying his bill. [More]
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United Airlines Passenger Arrested For Fabricating Bomb Threat On Flight
By 1.18.17
While some passengers disrupt flights with drunken rages, verbally abusive outbursts, or other violent actions, others are quieter in their approach. Like a United Airlines passenger who was arrested after allegedly making up a bomb threat and reporting it to the flight crew. [More]
Officials: Spirit Airlines Flight Returned To Airport After Takeoff Due To Bomb Threat Onboard
By 11.20.15
UPDATE: The Broward County Sheriff’s Office is now calling the incident a misunderstanding by a passenger who overheard a phone conversation. [More]
Police: United Airlines Passenger Walked Onto Plane, Claimed He Had A Bomb In His Bag
By 10.29.15
Whether you’re lying or telling the truth, the thing about saying you have a bomb in your bag on an airplane is you’ll get in trouble either way: a Massachusetts man has a court date this morning after walking onto a United Airlines flight last night out of Boston and allegedly announcing that he was carrying an explosive device. [More]
Please Stop Making Bomb Threats Against Southwest (Or Any Airline)
By 1.27.15
For the second time this week, a Southwest Airlines flight had to be investigated because someone thought it would be hilarious to waste everyone’s time by making bomb threats for flights between San Diego and Dallas. [More]
Delta Flight Evacuated At JFK Airport After Bomb Threat Called In
By 1.20.15
Passengers on a Delta Air Lines flight from San Francisco to New York had a bit of an unusual arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport last night, after someone called in a bomb threat, saying there was a bomb on the arriving plane. [More]
Southwest Passenger Detained After Creating WiFi Hotspot Names Like “Bomb On Board”
By 9.12.14
Authorities detained a passenger aboard a Southwest flight that landed at Seattle-Tacoma Airport yesterday on its way to Denver, after reports that he created a bunch of creepy names for his in-flight WiFi hotspot, naming it “Southwest – Bomb on Board” and making comments about the attractiveness of flight attendants, among other things. [More]
San Francisco 49ers Player Reportedly Won’t Face Charges For False Bomb Threat At LAX
By 7.1.14
A San Francisco 49ers linebacker reportedly won’t face charges for allegedly making a false bomb threat at Los Angeles International Airport earlier this year. [More]
Police: Man Called In Bomb Threat To Southwest Airlines To Ruin Ex’s Vacation
By 6.26.14
There are plenty of immature ways that you could — but most definitely shouldn’t — get revenge on an ex. While most of them are, at worst, misdemeanors, a Seattle man is facing a much bigger penalty for allegedly calling in a bogus bomb threat to Southwest Airlines just to get back at an ex-girlfriend. [More]
Charter Customer Pleads Guilty To Making Bomb Threat On Customer Service Office
By 8.6.13
As people who not only spend all day looking at readers’ complaints about the companies they deal with but who also have cable subscriptions of our very own, we get being frustrated with your cable company. Calling in a bomb threat, however, is a terrible idea. A Minnesota man accused of doing just that pleaded guilty to a lesser charge this week. [More]
No Explosives Found On Diverted Southwest Airlines Flight After Phoned-In Bomb Threat
By 6.11.13
Passengers likely had a bit of a scare yesterday, after their Southwest Airlines flight from Los Angeles was diverted to Phoenix instead of its Austin destination. The FBI said Monday that the flight had to change course after a “telephonic bomb threat was made.” That’s official speak for “someone called and said a bomb was on the plane.” However, no bombs or explosives have been found on the plane, authorities say. So, whew. [More]
Alaska Airport Evacuated Because Guy Somehow Didn’t Know Bomb Jokes Aren’t Welcome
By 10.15.12
Ever since there have been bombs and airplanes, it hasn’t been a particularly great idea to make jokes about the two together. But especially in times like these when the U.S. and other countries are always on the lookout for potential terrorists, it’s an awful idea to talk about bombs. One man didn’t get the “no bomb jokes” memo, apparently, and ended up shutting down Alaska’s largest airport. [More]
No Explosives Found On Plane Headed To Russia From NYC After Bomb Threat
By 8.17.12
A Moscow-bound Aeroflot flight heading out of New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport had to make an emergency landing in Iceland after an anonymous caller phoned in a bomb threat on Thursday morning. After a bomb squad searched the flight, however, no explosives were found on board. [More]
False Bomb Threat Causes Scare On D.C.-Bound Flight
By 6.20.11
Authorities swept a plane that landed in Washington, D.C. after a flight from Dayton, Ohio, following a threat originating in Ohio that a bomb was on board. The search came up empty and the woman who made the threat is suspected to suffer mental health issues. [More]
Unhappy With Sears' Service? Please Do Not Threaten To Blow Up The Store
By 4.26.11
We’ve probably all been driven to the point of anger by horrendous customer service. Some of us have probably even said things in the heat of this anger that we didn’t mean. But in a day and age when taking a photo on a plane is considered suspicious activity, you can’t just go threatening to blow up a Sears because you’re ticked off. But that’s exactly how the police ended up at the house of an 80-year-old California man over the weekend. [More]
Drunk Carnival Cruise Passenger Makes Fake Bomb Threat, Activates Jerry Bruckheimer
By 3.29.10
A Jerry Bruckheimer movie was accidentally activated Sunday when an allegedly drunk Carnival Cruise passenger started yelling bomb threats as the boat was approaching Port Canaveral, FL. [More]
