40 pointsby slackpad3 hours ago4 comments
  • aftbit2 hours ago
    >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.

  • JumpCrisscrossan hour ago
    Someone was airdropping bomb threats?
  • legitsteran hour ago
    My guess is a device was named "Bomb" or something.
  • bigyabai3 hours ago
    They certainly did turn around: https://www.flightradar24.com/UAL236/
    • bombcar2 hours ago
      According to the thead they squawked 7700 so this wasn’t just a “fuck it we’re going back” this was a full blown “we’re declaring emergency, roll all the shit.”

      I wonder if there’s Bluetooth interference or if they’re suspicious of something else.

      • bigfatkittenan hour ago
        > I wonder if there’s Bluetooth interference

        This would be both extremely unlikely, and absolutely impossible for the crew to diagnose in flight.

    • LoganDark2 hours ago
      > Live flight not found

      > Sorry, but we couldn't find data about this flight.

      https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ua236