American Airlines plane delayed over ‘bomb on the flight’ WiFi hotspot An American Airlines plane was delayed over a WiFi hotspot mentioning a’bomb’.
It happened nearly a year after United Airlines Flight 1533 which departed Newark International Airport in New Jersey was diverted due to a bomb threat note found in the restroom and a suspicious bag.
Flight 2863 was preparing to depart Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas when a man showed a flight attendant something on his tablet, according to passenger Bruce Steen, 63.
The flight attendant informed the cockpit and the pilot announced that the airplane would be going back to the gate because of an ‘administrative issue’, Steen told ABC News.
(Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)] Minutes later, the pilot said that ‘somebody renamed their hotspot’, Steen said, and the crew revealed it was, ‘There is a bomb on the flight.’.
