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.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by kazzie on Saturday December 24 2016, @03:09PM
Duty free Vodka and a lighter require some concious effort on someone's part to do damage. A note 7 can (and has been known to) do it all on its own.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 24 2016, @05:05PM
(Score: 2) by kazzie on Saturday December 24 2016, @06:13PM
And how were the cabin crew to know that until the owner explained what they'd done?
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 25 2016, @02:47AM
Also ECigs can go boom http://abc30.com/news/1-injured-after-e-cigarette-explodes-on-fax-bus/1667422/ [abc30.com]
It seems anything that can catch fire, will, alone or with "help". So the question is, if "turrorizm" is a problem, why so many things allowed? Puncturing a battery is not impossible, vodka and lighter are also easy, and so on.
Ah, yes, vodka is profits for someone, and the rest is security theatre.