Overview
- Deputies responded just before 10 a.m. Sunday to a reported bomb threat on a JetBlue aircraft at Terminal 4 of Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport.
- Robert S. Albanese, 76, of Lindenhurst, New York, was taken into custody and charged with making a false report of a bomb explosion and criminal mischief over $1,000.
- The aircraft was briefly evacuated and searched, and a Broward County Sheriff’s Office K-9 detected no explosive device.
- An affidavit cited by media states Albanese told staff, “I have a bomb in my bag,” after arguing over overhead bin space for his carry-on.
- Authorities say airport operations were not disrupted, though one travel outlet reported the flight departed after roughly three hours, a detail not confirmed by officials.