B737 CABIN ATTENDANT NOTIFIED CREW THAT A BOMB THREAT NOTE WAS FOUND IN ACFT LAVATORY.

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JUL/XA/98; APPROX XA10. FLT XXX ACFT XXX LAS TO PDX. SOMEWHERE BTWN BTY VOR AND THE LIDAT INTXN OF J92 ENRTE TO PDX; THE THIRD FLT ATTENDANT CALLED THE FLT DECK AND TOLD THE FO THAT A PAX HAD FOUND A NOTE IN THE R AFT LAVATORY SAYING BOMB ON PLANE. THE NOTE WAS ON A PAPER TOWEL; PRINTED WITH A BALL POINT PEN WHICH WAS ALSO FOUND WITH THE NOTE. AT THIS TIME THE FO CONTACTED PHX DISPATCH AND ADVISED THEM OF THE NOTE. AFTER WHAT SEEMED TO BE ABOUT 10-15 MINS AND MANY ATTEMPTS TO RECONTACT DISPATCH; CONTACT WAS RE-ESTABLISHED AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THE THREAT WAS CONSIDERED AS NON SPECIFIC (INTERESTING); AND WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO PDX. (DISPATCH SAID THIS WAS DECIDED BY THE DISPATCH MGR AND THE CHIEF PLT.) BY THIS TIME; ALL 5 OF US HAD DISCUSSED THE FACTS AND AGREED TO CONTINUE TO PDX. I REQUESTED THAT; UPON ARR IN PDX; THE LADY THAT FOUND THE NOTE BE INTERVIEWED BY SECURITY. DISPATCH SAID THEY WOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS. HOWEVER; UPON ARR IN PDX WE WERE REQUIRED TO PARK AT A REMOTE SITE ON THE ARPT AND THE PORTLAND POLICE AND BOMB SQUAD SEARCHED THE AIRPLANE AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF A BOMB. AT THIS TIME I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER THE LADY THAT FOUND THE NOTE WAS INTERVIEWED OR NOT.