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

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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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[-] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

If they thought it was real, why wouldn't they land at the closest airport? Why fly all the way back to the origin point?

[-] tehredmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 months ago

Because the pilot told them they would turn this flight around!

Also, maybe clearance wasn't possible on closer airports?

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