Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

"Galaxy Note 7" Wi-Fi SSID Delays U.S. Flight

posted by janrinok on Saturday December 24 2016, @09:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the changed-name-back-to-'bomb' dept.

takyon writes:

An American flight was delayed due to a passenger changing the SSID of a device to "Samsung Galaxy Note 7_1097":

Lucas Wojciechowski was on Virgin America flight 358 from San Francisco to Boston and told BBC News he photographed the hotspot after noticing it when he opened his laptop. A call went out for any passenger with a Note 7 to press their call button. Mr. Wojciechowski subsequently tweeted the crew's announcements from the late night flight after the pilot warned passengers they would have to make an emergency landing.

"This isn't a joke. We're going to turn on the lights (it's 11pm) and search everyone's bag until we find it. "This is the captain speaking. Apparently the plane is going to have to get diverted and searched if nobody fesses up soon." The owner came forward confessing there was no Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on board, but they had changed the name of their SSID wireless device to 'Samsung Galaxy Note 7_1097.'

The real world is funnier than any joke.

Original Submission

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
"Galaxy Note 7" Wi-Fi SSID Delays U.S. Flight | Log In/Create an Account | Top | 36 comments | Search Discussion
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 24 2016, @09:49AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 24 2016, @09:49AM (#445503)
    Name your phone this. And just go sit in the airport parking lot near the runways.

  • (Score: 2) by HiThere on Saturday December 24 2016, @08:08PM

    by HiThere (866) Subscriber Badge on Saturday December 24 2016, @08:08PM (#445643) Journal

    Better yet, name someone else's phone. If they're serious, they WILL track down that phone.

    --
    Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.

  • (Score: 2) by quacking duck on Sunday December 25 2016, @12:24AM

    by quacking duck (1395) on Sunday December 25 2016, @12:24AM (#445694)

    I know you're just joking, but...

    I can't even get the airport's wifi from the terminal once I'm on the plane, and that's a mere tens of metres away. Your phone from the nearest parking lot isn't going to even register.

  • (Score: 2) by urza9814 on Tuesday December 27 2016, @08:18PM

    by urza9814 (3954) on Tuesday December 27 2016, @08:18PM (#446436) Journal

    ...with a cantenna.