alt Hacker NewsAndddd now everyone knows that an arbitrary text string in a device hostname is enough to ground a flight.
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basilikum • yesterday at 6:16 PM
To be honest calling the police and saying you have a bomb planted on flight XYZ and want 100000$ or you'll detonate it, is probably also enough.
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asdff • yesterday at 8:16 PM
You can probably sharpie "I have a bomb" on your forehead and get the same result
The other incident mentioned is worse I think. It wasn’t a potential threat, it was stating an opinion.
“a Wi-Fi hotspot named "Free Palestine, F Zionists" prompted the pilot to issue a warning to the cabin, telling the passenger responsible that they had "30 seconds" to remove the name or the FBI would meet the aircraft.”