Beware of making "Bomb Jokes"...

[Sand Man]

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Be warned, people...

OFW barred from boarding flight over ‘bomb joke’

Airplane passengers, be warned: "Bomb jokes" are not allowed inside the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).

An overseas Filipino worker (OFW) scheduled to fly to The Netherlands on Thursday was barred from boarding her flight for allegedly mentioning the word "bomb" in a joke.

Zenaida Sangalan, 40, a resident of Sta. Rita town in Batangas province, reportedly made the mistake of uttering the word "bomb" while her luggage was passing through the the X-ray machine of the NAIA Terminal 1.

"Sabi raw niya, 'Wala naman pong bomba,'[She reportedly said, 'There is no bomb there'] " PO2 Marcelino Peninoy of the Aviation Security Group told GMANews.TV.

Due to protocols on people joking about explosive devices while inside an airport, Sangalan was asked to step aside as her baggage was once more inspected and made to pass through the X-ray machine.

Except for "black patches" that appeared on the monitor, which signified the presence of metal objects, airport inspectors found nothing suspicious inside Sangalan’s bag.

Just the same, Sangalan and her child — whom she was petitioning for to live with her abroad — were not allowed to take the Royal Dutch Airline KLM connecting flight (KL 804) to Amsterdam scheduled to leave 11:30 a.m.

Peninoy said the two will have to stay inside the airport for a "reglementary period" of 12 hours while authorities investigate her.

"Subject for evaluation ang ginamit niyang word. Aalamin namin kung ano ang intention niya for doing that. Marami bang nakarinig? Nag-create ba ng panic?" the security official said in detailing the process of their investigation.

Peninoy said if found guilty, Sangalan could be imprisoned for five years for violation of Presidential Decree No. 1727, which declares as unlawful the malicious dissemination of false information about bombs, explosives, or any similar device or means of destruction.

But as early as now, Peninoy hinted that Salangan would most likely be cleared and be allowed to leave, saying a background check on the woman showed she was a good citizen.

The security official also said while a number of people heard Sangalan's supposed joke, nobody panicked.

From The Netherlands, Sangalan was supposed to fly to Italy where she works.

“The result of what she did was to her expense anyway. Even if she gets cleared, her being delayed is already like her punishment," Peninoy said.

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[britannica]

gaba sa gara

[franzziss]

Mao na.. ibutang gyud sa lugar ang jokes.. Bawal man gyud na, labeh na sulod sa airplane.

[Mr_NicePrice]

feel na cguro niya na si kinsa na cya, it was a disrespect pud sa airport officials... sakto ra pud tong na delay cya...

[lolong tan]

dapat i consider pod cguro giunsa pagsulti like sa news a year ago nga ang Mama gihold kay nadunggan lang nisulti sa word "bomb" nya himan himan, ni explain ra diay sa iyang anak nganong icheck tanang baggage sa x-ray machine or nganong paagion ang mga tawo sa mga detectors/scanners...

[samamar21]

we should be careful in what will we say! lisod na!~

[[Avenging PIRANHA]]

tinuod gyud ni siya maski kinsa pa masikat man or dili popular man sa pilipinas or ordinaryo basta magbinuang lage nga naay bomba aw prisohan gyud ka tanggong hahahaha

[senpai91]

dapat di jud ta mag patak ug sulti.

gi badlong na pud baya ko sakong amahan ani, may gani cya ang ni badlong ug police pato na, say bye bye jud ko ato. ahahaha

[fp.imbaness]

wa man pd to palargaha c john estrada sa una kay nag joke ghapon about bomb.. kadungog ko ato balitaa sa una..

[messy_babycate]

I feel pity for her because she is with her child during that very traumatic experience but she deserves it. She should think twice before she opened her mouth...why make such comment anyway? If other people who heard it misunderstood and panicked, it could result to a stampede like what happened in one Sinulog celebration where someone shouted that there is a bomb and people panicked causing my then 5-years old cousin to get soaked in the boiling candle waxes.