[2021-10-13 20:46:32 UTC; Update: Corrected story link.--martyb]
I feel sorry for the accused.
The “security incident” that forced a New-York bound flight to make an emergency landing at LaGuardia Airport on Saturday turned out to be a misunderstanding — after an airline passenger mistook another traveler’s camera for a bomb, sources said Sunday.
American Airlines Flight 4817 from Indianapolis — operated by Republic Airways — made an emergency landing at LaGuardia just after 3 p.m., and authorities took a suspicious passenger into custody for several hours.
It turns out the would-be “bomber” was just a vintage camera aficionado and the woman who reported him made a mistake, sources said.
Why in the world was the passenger in custody for “several hours”? They didn’t do anything wrong.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Immerman on Wednesday October 13 2021, @08:52PM (2 children)
Yeah. In fact, I don't see why they should have even landed the plane.
If they really don't want to confront a potentially dangerous passenger, call them up front to deal with some made-up problem with their booking or something, and while they're in conversation with their bag out of sight (sorry sir, no bags are allowed in the hostess area), have someone take a quick peak.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 14 2021, @10:33PM (1 child)
We've seen MacGyver and know how many devilishly clever triggers every bomb has! She's lucky she didn't set it off by seeing it already!
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Saturday October 16 2021, @06:33AM
But if you've seen MacGyver, you should also know that such a bomb can easily be disarmed with a bit of duct tape and a few random things found in the plane. No need to land the plane.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.