A conversation about bombs and explosions during a Call of Duty session prompted authorities to evacuate a Frontier Airlines plane and close the eastern section of Terminal 2 at California’s Ontario International Airport on Sunday night.
According to Ontario police, as reported by CBS News, another passenger overheard the conversation shortly before 10 p.m. as the flight waited to depart. The passenger alerted the crew, who relayed the report to police as a possible bomb threat.
As a precaution, authorities ordered passengers off the aircraft and closed that part of the terminal. Officers detained one passenger to clarify why they had been talking about bombs and explosions on board.
The detained passenger told police they had been playing Call of Duty while talking to a friend over FaceTime. The comments referred to events in the video game, not a real threat.
Police still thoroughly searched the aircraft. They found no bomb or other explosive device and released the passenger after concluding that no crime had been committed.
