An Adult Diaper Caused A Bomb Scare That Diverted A Florida Flight

A flight from Panama to Florida was diverted back to its airport on Friday after a suspicious object was found in the plane’s bathroom and mistaken for a bomb. The object turned out to be an adult diaper wrapped in a black plastic bag, but the crew and all 144 passengers aboard the plane had to be redirected back to the airport so that security could identify the suspicious object, according to the Associated Press.

There’s a joke somewhere in here about dropping a bomb in the toilet, but I’m not sure I can legally joke about it. I don’t want to be put on a “No Fly” list with Copa Airlines, the carrier that operates the Boeing 737-800 that had undertaken flight CM393, as the AP reports. The flight was headed for Tampa after taking off from Panama City on Friday morning, but was reportedly halfway through its journey when it was diverted, per flight records on Flight Aware.

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As you can see, the Twitter (currently known as X) post was captioned by police with the hashtag “Prevention.” But just what prevention alludes to is vague as caution could apply to multiple scenarios in this case. Are the police in support of preventing serious disasters at airports? Or do they publicly support the prevention of soiling oneself while unprepared? Maybe both.

Copa Airlines’ flight CM393 did eventually make it to Florida, but it landed at around 7:00 PM local time after having been apparently scheduled for landing in the early afternoon.

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