Fake bomb threat derails Denver-bound Frontier flight in Nashville
Woman faces charges of public intoxication, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and false reporting

A woman who had just boarded a Denver-bound flight was arrested in Tennessee this week after allegedly threatening people on the plane with a bomb, according to court records.
Frontier Airlines flight attendants told Nashville police the woman wasn’t allowed to fly because of how drunk she was, her arrest affidavit stated. The airline employees asked her to leave the plane multiple times, but the woman refused, allegedly saying, “I have a (expletive) bomb, so nobody is going anywhere.”
When police tried to remove the woman from the plane, she planted her feet behind the seats in an attempt to anchor herself. She then repeatedly yelled, “It’s right there,” in reference to the supposed bomb, according to her arrest affidavit.
The incident delayed the Denver-bound flight by more than two hours, according toflight tracking software FlightAware.
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Nashville police arrived at the boarding gate at about 7:50 a.m. Tuesday, 20 minutes after the flight was originally scheduled to leave Nashville for Denver. The plane eventually departed just before 9:45 a.m. Tuesday.
All passengers were temporarily deplaned while law enforcement searched the airplane out of an abundance of caution, according to a statement from Frontier Airlines spokesperson Rob Harris.
No bomb was discovered, and the passengers were able to reboard and complete their trip to Denver safely, Harris said in the statement.
The woman faces charges of public intoxication, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and false reporting,according to Nashville court records.
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