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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: 2) by Username on Thursday October 14 2021, @09:05AM (3 children)
I'm going to give Karen the most charitable interpretation. Not much details in the article, but what if this guy was cranking an old click timer and having the strobe capacitors charge to detonation the flash powder, while on a plane. That would be unsettling and inappropriate.
(Score: 3, Informative) by deimtee on Thursday October 14 2021, @09:39AM (2 children)
You can see it lying on the ground next to him in the video MostCynical linked to here [soylentnews.org]. Looks like a standard 35mm from the 60's or 70's. An old silver Pentax or Nikon or Canon probably. It's also lens down on the tarmac. If he was using anything shorter than a 28mm lens without a filter over it then the lens is probably toast now.
If they really thought it was a bomb, why let him lie next to it, with everyone else standing around? I hope he sues someone for this bullshit.
(Link direct to the video if you don't want to deal with their JS https://media.stuff.co.nz/video/production/1633892897470-stfl007027_6552de1c33014c2aae50ef85ceab6e86_1080i60ESSENCE.mp4 [stuff.co.nz] )
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.
(Score: 2) by ChrisMaple on Friday October 15 2021, @08:07PM (1 child)
The blob near his feet? It's hard to tell what that is, although I like your guess. I think much of what shows there is a wide black camera strap.
(Score: 2) by deimtee on Saturday October 16 2021, @06:54AM
At 16 seconds, if you go frame by frame and zoom in you can see what looks like the silver baseplate of an old SLR or range-finder. The body looks dark, like one of the vinyl wrapped cameras. 2 or 3 frames after the security guy drags the bag away it is clearest. At about 8 frames later it rolls over slightly to be lens down.
It is a fairly short lens, hence my comment about scratching it on the tarmac. eg, If that's an old Konica with a 21mm lens then they are up for a thousand or two to replace it.
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.