A Call of Duty conversation prompted officials to evacuate a Frontier Airlines plane and part of the terminal at Ontario International Airport in California on November 8, 2026. The specific installment in the series was not identified.
The aircraft was preparing to depart on Sunday night. The Ontario Police Department placed the incident sometime before 10 p.m.
A passenger was on FaceTime with a friend while playing an online Call of Duty match. The conversation included the words “bomb” and “explosion,” which the player explained to authorities referred to events happening in the game.
Another passenger reported hearing those words to the flight crew.
Police searched the aircraft
Officials evacuated the plane and cleared the east wing of Terminal 2 as a precaution while police investigated. The disruption extended beyond those aboard the Frontier flight to a section of the airport building.
Officers searched the aircraft, including its cabin, and found no explosives or weapons. Investigators determined that no crime had been committed.
