United flight 236 from Newark to Palma de Mallorca on Saturday night was forced to turn around just an hour after takeoff due to security concerns around a Bluetooth signal. Multiple Redditors claimed to be on the flight and reported that the crew repeatedly requested passengers to turn off their Bluetooth. According to one poster, […]

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[–] 19 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Honestly, I don't see any way this could result in criminal charges. It's a Bluetooth name, not someone actually threatening with a weapon. It's like walking around with a fake gun. You can't be charged with anything without actual intent to deceive people, and good luck proving that.

At most, this is a civil charge. The airline might try to get some money out of this person.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Naming a Bluetooth device "bomb" could absolutely be intentionally disruptive or threatening.

    Im not saying thats provable beyond reasonable doubt in this case.

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