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aGameOfThrones
10-27-2014, 10:48 PM
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abc7.com
A Los Angeles International Airport flight bound for London was cancelled Sunday when a passenger's phone picked up the Wi-Fi signal "al-Quida Free Terror Nettwork" (sic) that was emanating from a fellow flier's hotspot minutes before the United Airlines flight was set to liftoff.

After a concerned passenger notified a flight attendant of the network at about 9:30pm, the plane taxied to a remote section of the Los Angeles airport and was held there for three hours. The plane was searched as passengers of Flight 136 were ordered to power off electronic devices, local media said.

"After an hour, (the captain) said there was a security threat and that we didn't have clearance to take off," passenger Elliot Del Pra told ABC7.com. The person responsible for the hotspot was not discovered, LaWeekly said.

"After further investigation, it was determined that no crime was committed and no further action will be taken,"LAX said in a statement. American Airlines said the flight was cancelled "out of an abundance of caution."




http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/10/flight-cancelled-when-al-quida-wi-fi-network-became-available/



waiting on Eric frein nearby network

PRB
10-28-2014, 12:00 AM
I felt like I heard this one weeks or months ago.

AngryCanadian
10-28-2014, 12:23 AM
I feel as people are becoming to paranoid.

Occam's Banana
10-28-2014, 12:47 AM
How tacky! "al-Quida" is sooooo last decade ...

heavenlyboy34
10-28-2014, 12:54 AM
How tacky! "al-Quida" is sooooo last decade ...

Yeah, but al-Quida=ISIS (Rush says so!), therefore it's hip again.

otherone
10-28-2014, 06:25 AM
American Airlines said the flight was cancelled "out of an abundance of caution."

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rg17
10-28-2014, 07:18 AM
i see Hebrew on the phone.

jbauer
10-28-2014, 01:21 PM
I'd be pissed if I was a passenger. Aa probably didn't pick up their hotel stay.

Just think of all the money lost because some pilot got his panties in a bunch.

aGameOfThrones
10-28-2014, 02:17 PM
I'd be pissed if I was a passenger. Aa probably didn't pick up their hotel stay.

Just think of all the money lost because some pilot got his panties in a bunch.

I would first blame the overreaction of the brave passenger who reported the terrorist network before the pilot's.

Anti Federalist
10-28-2014, 03:21 PM
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ChristianAnarchist
10-30-2014, 08:01 AM
i see Hebrew on the phone.

Now that you mention it... You are quite observant and now this looks like a possible set up. Some Jewish agents might have set this up just to add some scare propaganda so the short memory span of the "mericans" can be reminded about how we need to be afraid of them "terrorists" since they really seem to be dropping the ball on killing us all...