American Airlines flight delay with 'bomb threat' over Wi-Fi name

Name: American Airlines flight delay with ‘bomb threat’ over Wi-Fi name
Uploaded: 2025-02-10
Channel: Daily Mail
Description: An American Airlines flight was delayed for over four hours when a passenger arrived at Austin airport with their Wi-Fi hotspot saved as 'I have a bomb'. Police boarded the flight on Friday afternoon and asked the passenger to identify…

An American Airlines flight was delayed for over four hours when a passenger arrived at Austin airport with their Wi-Fi hotspot saved as ‘I have a bomb’.

Police boarded the flight on Friday afternoon and asked the passenger to identify themselves, assessing whether it could be a ‘prank’. All passengers were taken off the aircraft and held inside the gate, before being re-screened.

Baggage on board the aircraft was taken off the plane and set out on the tarmac for inspection as passengers waited for hours.

‘Eventually we are able to board again and take off but the whole thing was just so f**ing infuriating because after all that they were not even able to determine who the hell did this s**,’ a passenger shared.

The aircraft was eventually cleared after it was swept for explosives according to airport officials.