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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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[–] 12 points 5 months ago (1 child)

I like the use of the phrase "forced to turn around." They chose to turn around because somebody had a string of letters on their bluetooth name that they didn't feel comfortable with. WTF would they do with a passenger in a Che Guevara T shirt?

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