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Airline Passenger Mistakes Vintage Camera for a Bomb

posted by martyb on Wednesday October 13 2021, @08:11PM   Printer-friendly

[2021-10-13 20:46:32 UTC; Update: Corrected story link.--martyb]

owl writes:

I feel sorry for the accused.

Bomb scare that led to emergency landing at LaGuardia Airport was just passenger adjusting camera: sources:

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.

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Thursday October 14 2021, @05:28AM (4 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday October 14 2021, @05:28AM (#1186887) Journal

    There can't be improvement in education without investment in education,

    Agreed, in principal. But the schools waste so much money, giving them more money obviously won't solve the problem.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 14 2021, @05:42AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 14 2021, @05:42AM (#1186891)

    Corruption needs to be dealt with, not just dismissed as waste. That's why the schools suck in the first place!

  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 14 2021, @07:06AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 14 2021, @07:06AM (#1186906)

    Agreed, in principal.

    That is, in "principle", you illiterate moron! Repeat after me: ruling idea = principle. First person, or main thing =principal. Do you think you can handle the difference the next time you are called upon to do so by some pendantic gramma Nazi? I am just waiting for you to "beg the question". Do you feel "lucky", punk? Go ahead, make my day!

    Maybe if we gave Runaway more money, he could learn to spell? Rhetorical question, no need to reply.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 14 2021, @12:03PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 14 2021, @12:03PM (#1186945)

      Since we’re talking about schools and their mismanagement, “principal” might be right after all.

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Nuke on Thursday October 14 2021, @12:41PM

    by Nuke (3162) on Thursday October 14 2021, @12:41PM (#1186950)

    Agreed, in principal. But the schools waste so much money ...

    Says someone who makes spelling mistakes,