Bomb Threat On Spirit Flight Forces Philadelphia Ground Stop — Flight Attendants Confront Suspect And Hold Her In Front Galley

Philadelphia International Airport briefly halted flights Friday evening after a bomb threat involving a single aircraft. The FAA issued a ground stop for arrivals shortly after 7 p.m. local time, saying there was a security incident on a specific plane that required police assistance. About half an hour later the agency said the situation was resolved, the aircraft had been cleared, and normal operations resumed.

A passenger on social media reports that the aircraft at the center of the incident was her Spirit flight from Las Vegas to Philadelphia. She describes a woman making a bomb threat during the flight, roughly two-thirds of the way through.

According to this account, a flight attendant told the woman to “get the f*** off” the plane, then moved her up to the front galley area and sat her there for the rest of the flight. After landing, the passenger says the aircraft was held away from the terminal before the captain announced that “DOD” personnel would be boarding to conduct interviews.

BREAKING: A Spirit Airlines flight had a bomb threat.

A passenger on the plane sent me these videos. She said a lady made a bomb threat during the flight.

“Apparently, about 2/3 of the way through the flight, a flight attendant told the woman to “get the fuck off of it” and… pic.twitter.com/ICl3pB2sHL

— Gentry Gevers (@gentrywgevers) November 29, 2025

Commenters identify the flight as Spirit NK3743, operating Las Vegas–Philadelphia on an Airbus A320. That flight is normally scheduled to depart Las Vegas at 8:11 a.m. and arrive in Philadelphia at 3:59 p.m. On November 28 aircraft N618NK ran 3 hours late, arriving at 6:35 p.m. and parking at gate E11.

Once on the ground, the same aircraft operated Spirit flight NK735 from Philadelphia to Miami. On a normal day earlier that week, the NK3743–NK735 turn ran a bit over an hour. On November 28, the delay between NK3743’s arrival and NK735’s departure stretched to around an hour and forty minutes, roughly 30–40 minutes longer than usual.

Spirit Airlines in Philadelphia

Officially, authorities have only said that a bomb threat involving a specific plane at Philadelphia triggered a brief halt to arrivals, that Philadelphia Police responded to a “situation aboard a plane,” and that the aircraft was cleared after the threat was resolved without incident. They have not named the airline or flight number.

This would not be the first bomb-threat scare tied to Spirit this year.

• In June, a 23-year-old Michigan man was arrested after missing his Spirit flight from Detroit to Los Angeles and allegedly calling the airline with a hoax bomb threat against Spirit flight 2145. Federal prosecutors say he phoned in a warning that a bomb would not be detectable and told agents not to let the flight depart. The threat forced the aircraft back to the gate and triggered a security response before it was cleared and allowed to continue.
• In July, a 16-year-old was arrested at Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport after saying “I have a bomb in my pocket” aboard a Spirit flight bound for Kansas City. Witness video shows deputies boarding, removing the teen, and evacuating the aircraft. No explosives were found, but the comment resulted in hours of delay, a full security sweep, and charges of criminal mischief and making a false bomb threat. His parents told media it was a crude joke, not an actual threat.

Spirit is known for unruly passenger behavior. But bomb threats, while not unheard of, are outside the usual parameters of customer (and employee) brawls.

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