Turning around for an SSID named Bomb

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

EWR-MAD, air returned.


I don’t get it. I’m sure they’re just following procedures established by the airline and the security theater.


Never in history has a real terrorist been stupid enough to name his internet as “Bomb,” and then blow up a plane. Real terrorists just blow up the plane, no warnings or hints.


If I was king, we continue to Madrid.



Thoughts?

 

[derg]

In the olden internet days when there was just an ethernet option in the hotel room, I called an Apple Airport Express and I had all sorts of mischievous SSIDs knowing full well several hundred coworkers at the crew hotel would see it. Excellent in places like AMS where we basically fully inhabited the hotel.

Personally? I’d confer with the security team and if we all agreed to continue, I’d have no problem with doing so.

 

[jhugz]

I’m not gonna fault the crew or the airline for being conservative. Better to deal with it over the states than dealing with an issue over the tracks. We also dealt with a Level 4 the day before I believe it was, so yea, not playing around.

 

[luke3]

Get dispatch and corporate security on a satcom call and we'll make a decision together. Ultimately it's the company's airplane, and as long as it doesn't involve doing something stupid, I'll take it wherever they tell me to.

 

[adk]

Before we get too far down the road,

The flight was EWR-PMI

The concern was a Bluetooth device named “bomb”

There is speculation that the item in question was named “bomb” from the manufacturer …. Possibly a Ttec Bomb Bluetooth speaker. Hard to tell right now because that company’s website broke due to all the traffic.

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/31/nx-s1-5841913/united-airlines-flight-diversion-bluetooth

 

[ahw01]

This happened and I'm 100% behind the airline Gatwick British Airways refuse flight to boy with Tourette's

 

[FlyingAccountant]

From what I read, it was the device's default name from the manufacturer and not the fault of the kid changing it to that.

 

[scooter2525]

Non issue where I’m employed. No WiFi onboard.

 

[WacoFan]

EWR-MAD, air returned.


I don’t get it. I’m sure they’re just following procedures established by the airline and the security theater.


Never in history has a real terrorist been stupid enough to name his internet as “Bomb,” and then blow up a plane. Real terrorists just blow up the plane, no warnings or hints.


If I was king, we continue to Madrid.



Thoughts?

Before 1972 nobody ever held an Olympic team of a nation hostage and resulted in multiple fatalities. Before 1966 nobody shot and killed people from the UT Tower. Before 9-11...

 

[T/O w/FSII]

Non issue where I’m employed. No WiFi onboard.

Well it was a Bluetooth speaker.

But seeing that our misinformation expert CC got every fact wrong I won’t hold it against you

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

Before 1972 nobody ever held an Olympic team of a nation hostage and resulted in multiple fatalities. Before 1966 nobody shot and killed people from the UT Tower. Before 9-11...

Correct. But looking at airliner bombings, the bad guys don’t do anything to warn you ahead of time. Naming a SSID “bomb” would qualify as that. There’s ZERO REASON for a real terrorist to name his Internet as “bomb” if that’s indeed what he’s about to do.

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

Well it was a Bluetooth speaker.

But seeing that our misinformation expert CC got every fact wrong I won’t hold it against you

Well I apologize. When it first came out it sounded like someone’s phone device internet name as bomb. But I stand corrected, it’s a Bluetooth device, which would still show up similar to an Internet name in phone settings when one goes to search for nearby devices/networks.

 

[bp]

i feel like people forget we’re in an active armed conflict with another nation state at this moment in time

the good news is you probably won’t have to do carpet dance if you’re wrong

 

[Skåning]

This happened and I'm 100% behind the airline Gatwick British Airways refuse flight to boy with Tourette's

I know im going to hell but that's kinda funny

 

[scooter2525]

Well it was a Bluetooth speaker.

But seeing that our misinformation expert CC got every fact wrong I won’t hold it against you

Ah.

Non issue where I’m employed. No Bluetooth on board.

 

[NovemberEcho]

Ah.

Non issue where I’m employed. No Bluetooth on board.

Anyone with a phone on board has Bluetooth

 

[scooter2525]

Anyone with a phone on board has Bluetooth

The plane doesn’t have Bluetooth.

 

[BobDDuck]

The plane doesn’t have Bluetooth.

Neither did this one.

I assume you have a tablet EFB? Or are you guys still in the paper jepps world?

 

[scooter2525]

Neither did this one.

I assume you have a tablet EFB? Or are you guys still in the paper jepps world?

Tablet.

My humous point was the freighters don't have any modern tech. But yes I'm aware my iphone, laptop, EFB (efk), iwatch, etc all have bluetooth and wifi...

 

[NovemberEcho]

Tablet.

My humous point was the freighters don't have any modern tech. But yes I'm aware my iphone, laptop, EFB (efk), iwatch, etc all have bluetooth and wifi...

Was getting ready to make disparaging remarks about boomers