34.0522° N, 118.2437° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Angeles, CA, within about 12 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 30, 1978 · 20:32 local
Place
Los Angeles, CA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Aircraft
N122
Reported as
Doug DC10/
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Passenger professed to have a bomb in her baggage, was met a destination by fbi. Said she was only kidding.
As the FAA filed it
PASSENGER PROFESSED TO HAVE A BOMB IN HER BAGGAGE, WAS MET A DESTINATION BY FBI. SAID SHE WAS ONLY KIDDING.