Note to self: If playing Call of Duty in an airport, don’t say words like ‘bomb’ lest you want to evacuate an entire plane

A passenger’s Call of Duty conversation prompted a bomb scare and the evacuation of a Frontier Airlines plane at California’s Ontario International Airport. The incident shows how overheard gaming chat in a heavily secured public place can be mistaken for a real threat.

A passenger reported hearing the words “bomb” and “explosion” while another traveller was on FaceTime with a friend playing the game. The aircraft and Terminal 2’s east wing were evacuated and checked; no explosives were found. The gamer was detained and questioned, then released without charges, and the flight departed later that night.