# Incident 20211009023109I: Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LR, Queens, NY, October 9, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2021, 15:10 local time
- Place: Queens, NY
- Airport: Laguardia
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: R61A
- Location: 40.7772° N, 73.8726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAGUARDIA (LGA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7772&lon=-73.8726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N437YX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N437YX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LR (registry code 3260415, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-s-a-erj-170-200-lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34-8E5 (registry code 30061, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-8e5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER S A ERJ 170-200 LR
- Reported engine: GE CF34-8E5
- People aboard: 82
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 14,200 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211009023109I

## Narrative

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

DURING DESCENT, THE LEAD FLIGHT ATTENDANT (A-FA) CONTACTED THE FLIGHT DECK ABOUT A SUSPICIOUS PASSENGER.  A PASSENGER, SEATED IN 13F, REPORTED TO BOTH FLIGHT ATTENDANTS (FA'S), WHO WERE IN THE AFT GALLEY, THAT THE PASSENGER IN 13D WAS LOOKING AT PICTURES OF HOMEMADE BOMBS ON HIS PHONE/HOW TO PUT BOMBS TOGETHER, GROUP TEXTING, AND HAD STARTED TIMING THE FLIGHT ON TAKEOFF.  HE HAD ALSO TAKEN HIS TIMER TO THE FORWARD LAVATORY.  THE CAPTAIN INSTRUCTED HER TO INVESTIGATE THE SITUATION AND INFORM HIM IF THEY SEE ANYTHING UNUSUAL.  THE FA'S SEARCHED THE CABIN AND SECURED THE LAVATORY.  THEY REPORTED BACK TO THE FLIGHT DECK NOTHING UNUSUAL AND THE SUSPICIOUS PASSENGER WAS SLEEPING.  THE CAPTAIN STATED DURING FINAL APPROACH, ?THINGS BECAME UNRAVELED.?  THE FA'S REPORTED TO HIM THAT THE ?PASSENGER GOT UP TO REACH SOMETHING IN THE OVERHEAD BIN.  THE PASSENGER HAD SOMETHING IN HIS HAND AND WAS DOING SOMETHING WITH IT.?   BASED ON THE REPORTED INFORMATION, THE A-FA'S ?CONCERNED TONE OF VOICE,? AND NOISE/COMMOTION IN THE CABIN HE DETERMINED THIS COULD BE A BOMB.  HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO ATC AND INFORMED THEM THEY WOULD EVACUATE THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED NORMALLY AND COMMENCED THE EVACUATION.

THE CARRIER REPORTED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

- THE PLANE EMPTIED IN JUST AROUND TWO MINUTES WITH HALF THE PASSENGERS EXITED THROUGH DOOR ONE-LEFT (1L) AND THE OTHER HALF THROUGH TWO-RIGHT (2L).  BOTH EXIT DOORS AND SLIDES FUNCTIONED PROPERLY AND PASSENGERS EXITED IN AN ORDERLY FASHION.

-  THE FA?S EXPERIENCED ISSUES WITH CROSSING OVER TO OPPOSITE DOORS ONE-RIGHT (1R) AND TWO-RIGHT (2R) BECAUSE OF THE PASSENGER VOLUME EXITING FAST AND STEADY THROUGH DOORS 1L AND 2L.  THEY ALSO NOTED PASSENGERS BROUGHT PURSES AND/OR BACKPACKS TO THE EXITS.  HOWEVER, THEY TOSSED THESE OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE PASSENGERS EXITED DOWN THE SLIDES.

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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