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The Absolutely Stupidest Airline Freakout Of The Week - SteveG - 10-11-2021
this one merits some sort of award
Bomb scare that led to emergency landing at LaGuardia Airport was just passenger adjusting camera
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-camera-laguardia-airport-emergency-landing-20211010-pjumgje6k5a6xpggp3axo3bj3y-story.html
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.
The woman was traveling with her husband and children, sitting across the aisle from her spouse, when she spotted another man in her hubby’s row scrolling through videos and photos of vintage cameras, sources said.
She thought he was looking up bomb-making instructions, and when the man pulled out his own camera and adjusted it she was convinced he was setting a timer on a detonator, sources said.
An American Airlines flight was evacuated on landing at LaGuardia Airport with police, fire, and EMS personnel called to the scene after a some passengers reported suspicious activity by a fellow flier, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021.
The man was traveling with two checked bags, which were taken off the aircraft and screened. Among various personal items were a skateboard and vintage cameras, sources said.
Port Authority police officers and federal agents detained the man for several hours before giving him the all-clear, sources said.
“The JTTF [Joint Terrorism Task Force], the FBI and the Port Authority Police Department determined that there was no criminality on the part of the passenger and he was released,” said Port Authority spokesman Tom Topousis.
Re: The Absolutely Stupidest Airline Freakout Of The Week - timg - 10-11-2021
It's terrible that such a thing can happen. It's also terrible that I immediately pictured this woman as white and the innocent guy as something other than white.
Re: The Absolutely Stupidest Airline Freakout Of The Week - lost in space - 10-11-2021
IMO, this illustrates the fear that's driving so much of what's happening in our world these days: divisiveness, latching onto conspiracy theories, intolerance of different views, racial tension. Gawd, the list could go on forever.
edit: missed that this isn't on the other side
Re: The Absolutely Stupidest Airline Freakout Of The Week - mrbigstuff - 10-11-2021
You can never be too careful!
Re: The Absolutely Stupidest Airline Freakout Of The Week - Paul F. - 10-11-2021
mrbigstuff wrote:
You can never be too careful!
Yes, you can..
Re: The Absolutely Stupidest Airline Freakout Of The Week - Todd's keyboard - 10-11-2021
Have none of you seen "Inglourious Basterds" and/or forgotten about the hazards of old film stock?
Todd's some-letters-stickkkkk keyboard
Re: The Absolutely Stupidest Airline Freakout Of The Week - MrNoBody - 10-11-2021
It's also terrible that I immediately pictured this woman as white and the
innocent guy as something other than white.
Sounds like a you problem.
I pictured the woman as a stressed out mother and the "vintage camera aficionado" as some old guy.
Color, politics, and class didn't enter into it.
Re: The Absolutely Stupidest Airline Freakout Of The Week - GGD - 10-11-2021
One of the early reports I saw about this yesterday was that he was suspicious because during the flight he got up and got down his carry-on bag.
I do that on EVERY flight. That's where I keep my snacks.
Re: The Absolutely Stupidest Airline Freakout Of The Week - Thrift Store Scott - 10-11-2021
lost in space wrote:
IMO, this illustrates the fear that's driving so much of what's happening in our world these days: divisiveness, latching onto conspiracy theories, intolerance of different views, racial tension. Gawd, the list could go on forever.
edit: missed that this isn't on the other side
You forgot incompetence. It should never have taken "several hours" of detention to determine that an old camera was... an old camera, especially since "oldcameras.net" or whatever would likely have still been in the suspect's browser history if not among his bookmarked sites.
Re: The Absolutely Stupidest Airline Freakout Of The Week - Paul F. - 10-11-2021
Thrift Store Scott wrote:
[quote=lost in space]
IMO, this illustrates the fear that's driving so much of what's happening in our world these days: divisiveness, latching onto conspiracy theories, intolerance of different views, racial tension. Gawd, the list could go on forever.
edit: missed that this isn't on the other side
You forgot incompetence. It should never have taken "several hours" of detention to determine that an old camera was... an old camera, especially since "oldcameras.net" or whatever would likely have still been in the suspect's browser history if not among his bookmarked sites.
The TSA's standard is "take long enough, and cause enough inconvenience to everyone involved, to make sure it LOOKS like we're doing something useful so we can ask for a larger budget next year".