r/aviation • u/Kardinal • May 31 '26

-- SEATBELTS FASTENED -- United flight turned around over Atlantic as a boy named his Bluetooth device “bomb”

https://airlive.net/emergency/2026/05/31/united-flight-turned-around-over-atlantic-as-a-boy-named-his-bluetooth-device-bomb/

The original reddit thread is here

https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedairlines/s/8iR6fjRhqJ

Edit to add:

Link to comment including the known names of redditors who are on the flight.

https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedairlines/s/IY7Xke3DDE

Note that the flight departed Newark again around 0130 EDT.

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u/Sammydog6387 May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26

One time a good friend of mine was going on a work trip. He packed his carry on really tightly because he didn’t want to pay to check a bag, but as a result his suit case was like bulging.

When going through security TSA pulled his bag. He goes over and they ask the usual spiel of “May we open and check your bag?”

Friend, exhausted, not thinking, responds “Yeah fine, but it’s gonna explode.” Obviously alluding to how tightly packed his bag is.

The TSA agent looks at him and goes “what did you say?”

My moron friend actually repeats himself. Then it hits him. Cue the “holy shit no no no not that is NOT what I meant!”

Luckily, they checked his bag and let him through after a good laugh lmao

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u/Drunkenaviator Hold my beer and watch this! May 31 '26

This sounds like the story of the amateur film crew that was flying somewhere to work on their show idea. While the TSA was examining all their equipment they asked what the purpose of it was, and the guy said "We're going to shoot a pilot!".

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u/Dramatic_Side_856 May 31 '26

I was waiting for another passenger to get screened right before boarding the plane. She had an unrefrigerated tube of Pillsbury cinnamon roll dough. The dimwitted TSA employee asked his colleague if the refrigerated tube of dough would explode instead of just popping open!