Man Who Missed JetBlue Flight Calls In Bomb Threat

Los Angeles’s ABC affiliate reports:

An angry passenger who missed his flight from Las Vegas to Los Angeles phoned in a bomb threat Thursday, triggering a security alert at LAX, authorities said. The JetBlue flight that landed at Los Angeles International Airport around 2 p.m. was held on the tarmac for more than an hour before passengers were allowed to deplane.

Airport police officials told ABC News the precautions were launched when a passenger missed his flight in Las Vegas while his bag was onboard the plane without him. The angry man then phoned in a bomb threat. Las Vegas police “took enforcement action” on the man who made the threat and informed Los Angeles Airport Police.

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#BREAKING Passenger who missed JetBlue flight from Las Vegas to LAX calls in bomb threat, launching security precautions that keep passengers isolated on tarmac after landing https://t.co/1t96bcZo3J

— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) May 4, 2023