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>LolasLakehouse >43 points 33 minutes ago >Heard on ramp frequency. United appeared to tell the captain of a different United flight that there was a Bluetooth device with a “certain four letter word” (quoting) on the plane causing the emergency.
My guess is a device was named "Bomb" or something.
i like to make my hostname "virus" because it gets me a surprising number of check-in pings from network admins
Other than that, I can recommend going for IoT devices like VOIP phone MAC addresses in conference rooms, because they're specifically allowlisted for everything and/or are in a different VLAN that doesn't block the endpoints.
Enterprise-grade security is always fun :D
"Wife is on the plane. Guy had a speaker named bomb. He just confessed to it. He said he named it forever ago and forgot about it. He’s 16 years old. Wife’s friend is sitting next to him as they are questioning him."
Would an actual bomber actually name their device "Bomb"? Chances are, not.
Is the broadcast a "bomb threat"? If so, does it disappear if the device is switched off?
And if the continued broadcast is perceived to be an active threat, and it persisted even after they turned around, at what point do you say "Well, we haven't joined MH-17, might as well do another 180 and resume our flight"?
If the device was named "turn around or bomb", I'd be more convinced we have a situation.
God, I hate this world run by 5th graders.
"Wife is on the plane. Guy had a speaker named bomb. He just confessed to it. He said he named it forever ago and forgot about it. He’s 16 years old. Wife’s friend is sitting next to him as they are questioning him."
or was it one of those in-ear headphones that are borderline impossible to turn off when outside of their case?
"Wife is on the plane. Guy had a speaker named bomb. He just confessed to it. He said he named it forever ago and forgot about it. He’s 16 years old. Wife’s friend is sitting next to him as they are questioning him."
> For anyone seeking a legitimate source on the bluetooth device comments: you can listen to the KEWR Ramp/Company/Misc archive. Keep the date set to 2026-05-31 and the feed set to ramp/company/misc, but change the time to 0200-0230Z. Then, skip ahead to about 22:55
https://www.liveatc.net/archive.php?m=kewr_co
From ATC
> Do you guys know what happened with that - uh what is that a - 7-6 on the left?
> There's a security detail out there. Someone had a bluetooth they named a certain four letter word; so they have to inspect the whole aircraft including the cargo area. The passengers have to evacuate.
> That's crazy
"Wife is on the plane. Guy had a speaker named bomb. He just confessed to it. He said he named it forever ago and forgot about it. He’s 16 years old. Wife’s friend is sitting next to him as they are questioning him."
Man, looking forward to hear the phrase of "out of abundance of caution". What a fucking stupid overdose of caution and CYA. Would an actual bomber actually name their device "Bomb"? Chances are, not. Is the broadcast a "bomb threat"? If so, does it disappear if the device is switched off? And if the continued broadcast is perceived to be an active threat, and it persisted even after they turned around, at what point…
"Wife is on the plane. Guy had a speaker named bomb. He just confessed to it. He said he named it forever ago and forgot about it. He’s 16 years old. Wife’s friend is sitting next to him as they are questioning him."
Man, looking forward to hear the phrase of "out of abundance of caution". What a fucking stupid overdose of caution and CYA. Would an actual bomber actually name their device "Bomb"? Chances are, not. Is the broadcast a "bomb threat"? If so, does it disappear if the device is switched off? And if the continued broadcast is perceived to be an active threat, and it persisted even after they turned around, at what point…
"Wife is on the plane. Guy had a speaker named bomb. He just confessed to it. He said he named it forever ago and forgot about it. He’s 16 years old. Wife’s friend is sitting next to him as they are questioning him."
Arghhh