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Argentine Footballer Arrested After 'Bomb' Shout Forces Evacuation on Flybondi Flight

The case highlights how a single word triggers full airport security protocols with legal exposure in Argentina.

Overview

  • Emiliano Endrizzi shouted "bomba" before takeoff on a Flybondi flight in Jujuy, prompting panic, an evacuation, and his arrest on board.
  • Under Argentina's rules, the word "bomb" triggers full security protocols, so police, firefighters, bomb technicians, and canine teams searched the plane and found no device.
  • The disrupted flight was delayed and later rescheduled, and angry passengers shouted at the player as authorities led him off the aircraft.
  • Prosecutors opened a case for causing public alarm, and Flybondi said it plans to pursue legal action over the disruption.
  • Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy called the act personal, offered to cooperate with investigators, and said it may impose internal discipline.