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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737* · Salt Lake City, UT · May 5, 2003

Date: May 5, 2003 · 18:45 local
Place: Salt Lake City, UT
Airport: Salt Lake City International
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: SWAA
Aircraft: UNKNOWN
Reported as: Boeing 737*

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Passengers on southwest airlines flight 584, privacy data omitted were fighting over drugs onboard the flight enroute to Salt Lake City, UT. They were observed injecting themselves with needles. The Salt lake airport police found heroin and marijuana in their possession. One of the passengers went to the lavatory for 15 or 20 minutes and returned to his seat with a "cut up coke can" and a lighter. It is not known if he used the lighter in the lavatory. The passengers were taken into custody by the police on arrival in Salt Lake City, UT.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PASSENGERS ON SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 584, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WERE FIGHTING OVER DRUGS ONBOARD THE FLIGHT ENROUTE TO SALT LAKE CITY, UT. THEY WERE OBSERVED INJECTING THEMSELVES WITH NEEDLES. THE SALT LAKE AIRPORT POLICE FOUND HEROIN AND MARIJUANA IN THEIR POSSESSION. ONE OF THE PASSENGERS WENT TO THE LAVATORY FOR 15 OR 20 MINUTES AND RETURNED TO HIS SEAT WITH A "CUT UP COKE CAN" AND A LIGHTER. IT IS NOT KNOWN IF HE USED THE LIGHTER IN THE LAVATORY. THE PASSENGERS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY THE POLICE ON ARRIVAL IN SALT LAKE CITY, UT.