Bubbers, I tootally agree with your assessment of a bomb threat, but you forget that in this instant...there was NO BOMB threat!
The captain saw law enforcement vehicles around his aircraft and demanded an explanation. So it could have been a bomb, sure. But it could also have been a hijacking which he was unaware of, or an exercise team 'attacking' the wrong aircraft, or maybe the EBOLA virus broke out in the country he had just departed from, or even more unlikely 'SNAKES ON HIS PLANE' or 'TERRORISTS IN HIS WHEEL WELL'.
In the end it was the 'terrorist in wheel well' story. Still feel very sure you would evacuate just because you saw a police car next to your plane and ATC was not very 'pronto' in giving you an explanation?
Last edited by PENKO; 20th Sep 2012 at 09:13.