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Plane Evacuated at California Airport After "Call of Duty" Gameplay Is Mistaken for Bomb Threat, Police Say

Police found no explosive device after a passenger’s FaceTime chat about Call of Duty prompted reports of a bomb threat and a detainment.

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The Ontario Police Department said all passengers, including the individual detained, reboarded after crews failed to find explosive devices.

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A California airplane got evacuated when a passenger playing Call of Duty was overheard talking about a bomb

A CoD player on a plane was making callouts about a "bomb" and "explosion" and forced their plane to be evacuated because of it.

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Plane, terminal evacuated at California airport after passenger overhears spine-chilling conversation

A Frontier flight in Ontario was evacuated after a passenger mistook overheard “Call of Duty” video game chatter about a bomb for an actual threat.

·New York, United States
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Plane evacuated at California airport after "Call of Duty" gameplay is mistaken for bomb threat, police say

The Ontario Police Department said all passengers, including the individual detained, reboarded after crews failed to find explosive devices.

·New York, United States
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Two Words She Said While Talking on the Phone on the Plane Caused Chaos at the Airport! The Truth Turned Out to Be Completely Different.

In California, USA, a passenger's use of the words "bomb" and "explosion" during a phone call on a plane triggered an airport alert. The passenger was taken into custody, while the plane and part of the terminal were evacuated, and some flights were canceled. Bomb disposal teams found no explosives, and it was revealed that the conversation was related to a computer game. The passenger was released after it was determined that there was no real …

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Ontario Airport Plane Evacuated Over Call of Duty Mix-Up

A passenger's FaceTime gaming chat led to a plane and Terminal 2 evacuation at Ontario International Airport before police found no threat.

·San Francisco, United States
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CBS News broke the news in New York, United States on Monday, November 9, 2026.
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