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

A Frontier Airlines flight at Ontario International Airport in California was evacuated after a passenger overheard someone say he had a bomb in his backpack. Police found no explosive, and investigators established that the remark referred to a video game, allowing airport operations to resume.

The incident happened at about 10pm on Sunday as the plane prepared to depart. The man said he had been on FaceTime with a friend playing Call of Duty, who had just been eliminated by an in-game C4 explosion; investigators confirmed the account with the friend. A bomb-sniffing dog found no danger, and passengers were allowed back on board except for the man who made the remark.