# Incident 19780418013149I: Boeing 727, West Palm Each, FL, April 18, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1978, 12:05 local time
- Place: West Palm Each, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EAL
- Aircraft: N8116N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 70
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780418013149I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PASSENGER REFUSED TO PUT BOX UNDER SEAT AND THEN TOLD ATTENDENT IT HAD A BOMB IN IT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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