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United flight forced to turn around because of a Bluetooth speaker name (www.theverge.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 21 points 5 months ago (3 children)

If they thought it was real, why wouldn't they land at the closest airport? Why fly all the way back to the origin point?

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Its a transatlantic flight, new york origin is probably still the closest airport that can handle the larger plane.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago*

    Boston Logan and Bangor should have both been able to handle the flight and are closer. In fact, Bangor has a massive runway and is the defacto airport for flights that need to divert from transatlantic international routes.

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