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Airline Passenger Mistakes Vintage Camera for a Bomb

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

[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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Original Submission

• Re:No penalty for calling in a hoax? (Score: 3, Interesting) by ChrisMaple on Friday October 15 2021, @07:41PM

  by ChrisMaple (6964) on Friday October 15 2021, @07:41PM (#1187363)

  There are many ways to improve education without increasing funding.

  Don't teach creationism. Don't force prayer; don't teach that God is a real thing. Don't teach critical race theory. Don't use ridiculously biassed history books. Don't teach math using the latest fad. Don't teach youngsters that they can choose their own sex at whim. Don't waste time teaching the latest politically correct BS, learning what's important is already difficult enough.

  Don't hire teachers who use their positions to push any political agenda.

  Parent

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