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[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, Informative) by Nuke on Thursday October 14 2021, @12:29PM (1 child)
I heard it was a twin-lens reflex camera, which usually take 120 film, are larger and rarer than a 35mm film camera, and look quite different. They were made in their day by Rollei, Yashica, Seagull, Mamiya and some others. Nevertheless, soon found by Googling. A 35mm film camera does not look much different from a modern high-end digital camera, although even those are also becoming rare these days except among professionals.
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Thursday October 14 2021, @06:22PM
An idiot might think a 35mm camera with a 1000mm lens was a bomb. A bomb with glass on the end...
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