A bomb threat scare aboard a Frontier Airlines flight from Atlanta prompted an emergency response after a passenger claimed to have a bomb. The “unruly passenger” threatened other passengers.
Live air traffic control audio footage captures the pilot’s emergency communication with air traffic control.
The incident involved Frontier flight F92539, operated by an Airbus A320, where the pilot could reportedly be heard alerting ATC that there might be a bomb on board and warning a passenger that he was threatening to kill others.
Authorities later confirmed that police were investigating the situation after the plane landed safely at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
Audio captures tense airborne alert
A recorded conversation between the pilot and air traffic control of Frontier Flight 2539 triggered an alert about a potential threat on board.
In the video, the pilot relayed that a passenger claimed to be carrying a bomb and made threats of violence. “A black male around five-nine was seated in seat 3,” the pilot reported to ATC, reporting a Level 3 threat.
He further relayed, “He was sitting in his seat. He started threatening to kill the woman sitting next to him and saying there was a bomb on his plane.”
The pilot described the “unruly passenger” as a man about 58-60 years old.
