# Incident 19960309006259I: Doug DC951, Hilo, HI, March 9, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1996, 06:40 local time
- Place: Hilo, HI
- Airport: Hilo General Lyman Field Airport
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: HALA
- Location: 19.7225° N, 155.0868° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hilo, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.7225&lon=-155.0868&mi=10
- Aircraft: EICBG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC951
- People aboard: 67
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960309006259I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 9, 1996, HAWAIIAN AIRLINES, INC. (HALA), MCDONNELL-DOUGLAS DC-9-51, REGISTRATION NUMBER EI-CBG, OPERATING AS FLIGHT HA101, WAS A SCHEDULED PASSENGER FLIGHT FROM HILO, HI TO HONOLULU, HI. HA101 DEPARTED THE HILO AIRPORT TERMINAL GATE AT 0635 HST. WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF, THE LEAD FLIGHT ATTENDANT CALLED THE COCKPIT VIA INTERPHONE TO ADVISE OF AN UNRULY PASSENGER AND REQUESTED HIS REMOVAL. THE FLIGHT CREW CALLED HILO ATCT REQUESTING CLEARANCE TO RETURN TO THE TERMINAL, THEN CALLED HALA LOAD CONTROL TO REQUEST SECURITY AND POLICE MEET THE AIRCRAFT. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE GATE, THE PASSENGER WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT BY HILO POLICE. AT THAT TIME, OTHER PASSENGERS INFORMED THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS THE SUSPECT HAD TOLD THEM A BOMB WAS ON BOARD. THE F/A'S INFORMED THE CAPTAIN AND HE IMMEDIATELY ORDERED THE REMAINING PASSENGERS TO DEPLANE VIA THE JETWAY. AFTER THE PASSENGERS DISEMBARKED, THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED TO THE DESIGNATED BOMB THREAT AREA ON TAXIWAY F. APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES WERE NOTIFIED AND THE AIRCRAFT AND BAGGAGE SEARCHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH HILO AIRPORT AND HALA EMERGENCY MANUALS. THE SEARCH PRODUCED NOTHING SUSPICIOUS AND NO DEVICE WAS FOUND. AIRCRAFT EI-CBG WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RELEASED AND RETURNED TO HONOLULU WITHOUT PASSENGERS. FAA HONOLULU CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY FIELD OFFICE (CASFO) IS TAKING FALSE STATEMENT ACTION AGAINST THE SUSPECT. ADDITIONALLY, THE FBI WILL TAKE ACTION.. THE SUSPECT IS CURRENTLY INCARCERATED IN HONOLULU AND UNDERGOING PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION. THE FBI ACTION WILL BE BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THOSE FINDINGS. CONSIDERING CASFO AND FBI ENFORCEMENT ACTION BEING TAKEN, WP-HNL-FSDO INTEND NOT TO OPEN AN EIR IN THIS CASE. CLOSED. NO NMAC NO EIR NO PILOT DEVIATION

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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