Overview

• During boarding of Azul flight AD4460 from Belém to Marabá on September 26, a passenger told crew he had a bomb in a box, prompting an evacuation.
• Federal Police and the Pará bomb squad inspected the aircraft and baggage and reported no explosive device.
• The passenger was taken to the Federal Police superintendent’s office and autuado em flagrante for endangering air transport security.
• Police said threats to flight security are treated as crimes even if claimed as a joke, noting the man later characterized his remark that way.
• Azul canceled the flight as a preventive measure and scheduled an extra flight for September 27, while airport operator NOA said other operations remained normal and police seized aesthetic-procedure products from the passenger for forensic analysis.