I'll be the first to admit I've said some incredibly questionable-sounding things while playing videogames. Or talking about them in public. But I would like to think that the one place where I would be extra careful about the words coming out of my mouth are in an airport, or on an airplane. Really, anywhere with an insane amount of security and an ever-pervasive fear of anything explosives-related.
Unfortunately, for passengers on board a Frontier Airlines flight earlier this week, however, one such gamer was not so cautious. As reported by CBS News, one plane at California's Ontario International Airport had to be evacuated over a bomb scare, only for it to be some guy playing Call of Duty with his pal.
According to reports, one passenger overheard words such as "bomb" and "explosion" and, rightly so, went and told staff about it. The situation led to both the plane and the east wing of Terminal 2 being evacuated, and a check of the aircraft which revealed that no explosives or bombs were on board.
After detaining and speaking to the culprit, it was revealed that he was, in fact, on FaceTime with his buddy while playing Call of Duty together. He was released without any charges, and the flight was reboarded and departed later that night.
I do feel a little bad for laughing about it—as a nervous flyer, I know for a fact that if I had been that passenger overhearing the conversation I may very well have gone into full-blown panic mode. I don't even like when someone doesn't put their phone on airplane mode as we're taking off!
But I'm also the type of person to watch my friend's Discord streams while I'm out and about, and I honestly dread to think about the kind of things passerbys have heard me say while spectating games. Hell, I'm sure even my neighbours have heard some absurd sentences leave my mouth when I've been raiding in Final Fantasy 14 with the windows wide open. If you're reading this neighbours, I'm sorry.
