{"id":81468,"date":"2025-05-22T19:48:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T19:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/05\/22\/sailor-arrested-for-allegedly-making-false-bomb-threat-on-plane\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:54:14","slug":"sailor-arrested-for-allegedly-making-false-bomb-threat-on-plane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2025\/05\/22\/sailor-arrested-for-allegedly-making-false-bomb-threat-on-plane\/","title":{"rendered":"Sailor arrested for allegedly making false bomb threat on plane"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A U.S. Navy sailor was taken into custody Tuesday at the San Diego International Airport after allegedly claiming that there were explosives aboard a commercial airliner, local authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Port of San Diego Harbor Police Department arrested 35-year-old John Stea, an electronics technician assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Group One, for allegedly informing a flight attendant that the passenger next to him had a bomb on a Hawaiian Airlines flight about to take off to Honolulu, Hawaii, according to a statement<\/a> from Port of San Diego authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The flight attendant told the captain of the alleged danger as the plane prepared to depart. The plane immediately taxied off the runway and parked on the airfield, awaiting security assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt approximately 8:45 a.m., the Port of San Diego Harbor Police Maritime Tactical Team (MARTAC, also known as SWAT), K-9 Team, and Joint Terrorism Task Force, along with the San Diego Fire Department and multiple federal agencies, responded to the scene to search the aircraft and its contents,\u201d local authorities said. <\/p>\n\n\n\t