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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-2B7 · Indianapolis, IN · July 28, 1990

Date
July 28, 1990 · 09:48 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
Indianapolis International
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
N286AU
Reported as
Boeing 7372B7
People aboard
79
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 in this make and model

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.

Found message on lavatory mirror. Appeared to be bomb threat. Diverted and landed. No bomb found.

As the FAA filed it

FOUND MESSAGE ON LAVATORY MIRROR. APPEARED TO BE BOMB THREAT. DIVERTED AND LANDED. NO BOMB FOUND.