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United flight forced to turn around because of a Bluetooth speaker name (www.theverge.com)

submitted 3 days ago by resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/47299437

United flight 236 from Newark to Palma de Mallorca on Saturday night was forced to turn around just an hour after takeoff due to security concerns around a Bluetooth signal. Multiple Redditors claimed to be on the flight and reported that the crew repeatedly requested passengers to turn off their Bluetooth. According to one poster, […]

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[–] remon@ani.social 8 points 2 days ago

Should have named it "boom box".

[–] veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/47299437

No idea what's going on but that link actually leads to their signup page, not to any post.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

https://www.theverge.com/transportation/940486/united-flight-236-bluetooth-speaker-name-bomb

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[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

okay but, how does it make sense to fly during a longer period if you know that you're transporting a bomb? (i know I shouldn't try to make any sense out of this but still...)

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[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago

did ben stiller teach you people nothing?

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