42.8864° N, 78.8784° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 5, 1979 · 20:24 local
Place
Buffalo, NY
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Aircraft
N1932
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
61
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.
Priority landing due to the word "bomb" found written on lavatory mirror. Evacuated, searched, no bomb
As the FAA filed it
PRIORITY LANDING DUE TO THE WORD "BOMB" FOUND WRITTEN ON LAVATORY MIRROR. EVACUATED, SEARCHED, NO BOMB