Senior passenger offloaded after bomb joke at Mindoro airport


Caap reported that the woman was at the final screening checkpoint around 7.15am when she joked about a “possible explosion” while placing her luggage on the X-ray machine. - Photo courtesy of Caap

MANILA: A 61-year-old female passenger was offloaded at the San Jose Airport in Occidental Mindoro after making a bomb joke before boarding a flight to Manila on Monday (Aug 19), according to the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (Caap).

Caap reported that the senior citizen was at the final screening checkpoint around 7.15am when she joked about a “possible explosion” while placing her luggage on the X-ray machine.

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