A ‘certain four-letter word’ sparked a security incident.

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, […]

  • BradleyUffner@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    11 hours 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?

      • BradleyUffner@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 hours ago

        Boston Logan and Bangor should have both been able to handle the flight and are closer. In fact, Bangor has a massive runway and is the defacto airport for flights that need to divert from transatlantic international routes.