The "bomb" In Sydney...

[chexfan]

Bomb Hoax Forces Australia Jet's Return

SYDNEY, Australia - A written bomb threat forced a United Airlines jet to return to Sydney International Airport on Tuesday after it took off for Los Angeles, but police declared the threat a hoax after interviewing all 246 passengers...

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/a..._flight_alert_6

Turns out that someone wrote "BOB" on a barf bag. Someone saw the bag, showed an FA. The captain decided this meant "Bomb on Board" and turned the 747 around. (There was a Senior American diplomat on board and they were taking special measures for their security).

Thoughts?

 

[jimntx]

Rather be safe than sorry. It's a long way down to the bottom of the Pacific.

 

[mrfish3726]

Funny story here, from back in my days with UAL in 99. Had a ticked off passenger because the flight had a very long delay and he was going to miss his connection. DumbA$$ used the seat back AIRPHONE to call in a bomb threat. Needles to say the LAX police and FBI knew exactly were that call came from.

 

[kcabpilot]

There's this guy named Bob and he just likes to make sure that nobody else uses his barf bag.

okay?