It is all fun and games until somebody gets hurt, right? Luckily no one was injured during a Virgin America flight on Tuesday when the crew suspected one of the passengers of bringing a recalled Galaxy Note 7 on board the plane. There was no Galaxy Note 7 (our full review, pre-explosion events) handset to be found, only a wireless SSID (Service Set Identifier) indicating the presence of one, presumably as a prank gone wrong.
Back in October, the U.S. Department of Transportation banned Galaxy Note 7 devices from flights going into or flying out of the United States after multiple reports of the troubled handset overheating and catching on fire. That includes carry-on and checked baggage.
"We recognize that banning these phones from airlines will inconvenience some passengers, but the safety of all those aboard an aircraft must take priority," Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said at the time. "We are taking this additional step because even one fire incident inflight poses a high risk of severe personal injury and puts many lives at risk."
A passenger on board Virgin America flight 358 from San Francisco to Boston must have thought that airlines would not take the ban too seriously. Whatever his excuse, he exercised poor judgement when he decided to name the SSID on his device "Samsung Galaxy Note7_1097," which caught the attention of other passengers and the flight's crew.
For the rest of the story go here: http://hothardware.com/news/troll-causes-panic-virgin-america-flight-galaxy-note-7-wi-fi-ssid
4 comments:
OT: Merry Christmas everyone.
The Blonde's nephew called his The Bomb.
Whatever his excuse, he exercised poor judgement...
Exercise of Poor Judgement is the tag needed.
Merry Christmas, Lemmy's!
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