The teenager will have to gain height in his stupidity. On February 17, on a plane leaving the El Paso airport in Texas, a high school student found it amusing to AirDrop a fake bomb threat to other passengers, he was quickly arrested. report to the media The Dallas morning news.
As a reminder, AirDrop is the feature that allows you to share files between devices in iOS. As the plane was about to take off for Chicago, the Pennsylvania high school student shared the following message: “I have a bomb.” Passengers on iOS received a request to share the message.
The crew alerted security teams. While the police investigated the bomb threat, the other passengers had to wait. A team of deminers searched the plane and the luggage. No explosives were found and the threat was obviously not considered credible.
Nothing serious then, but the teenager was kindly taken to the police station and admitted the facts. The evidence was discovered on his phone. He faces a fine of up to $10,000 and two years in prison, under Texas state law. The other 124 passengers were able to arrive safely four hours late.
The AirDrop feature is sometimes the source of unpleasant surprises. Already last September, a plane was delayed because of a passenger who sent him intimate photos. Unfortunately, receiving unsolicited file sharing requests is a common occurrence. To avoid inconvenience, it is possible to disable AirDrop reception, or limit the functionality to your contacts.
Source: BFM TV
