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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 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] )
No problem is insoluble, but at Ksp = 2.943×10−25 Mercury Sulphide comes close.
(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.
No problem is insoluble, but at Ksp = 2.943×10−25 Mercury Sulphide comes close.