Flight cancelled due to inappropriate WiFi HotSpot

Django x2 · 25 May 2017 at 15:39

I'm not sure how I feel about this:

http://www.ladbible.com/more/uk-pil...-as-a-result-of-passengers-wifi-name-20170525

Yes, given recent events, it's incredibly bad taste, but how can they even be sure the Hotspot was on the same plane? My phone hotspot can be reached from well over 20m away.

robfosters · 25 May 2017 at 15:45

What actual jihadi would use that name? Would have to be a right idiot.

Still, probably the right call.

Thekwango · 25 May 2017 at 15:46

Django x2 said:
I'm not sure how I feel about this:

http://www.ladbible.com/more/uk-pil...-as-a-result-of-passengers-wifi-name-20170525

Yes, given recent events, it's incredibly bad taste, but how can they even be sure the Hotspot was on the same plane? My phone hotspot can be reached from well over 20m away.

They can't be sure but why take the risk.

Also, people are arses. Who'd have that up as their hotspot name??

Burnsy2023 · 25 May 2017 at 15:47

Thekwango said:
They can't be sure but why take the risk

Risk of what exactly?

Mynight · 25 May 2017 at 15:47

I imagine they'd be far enough away from anything it'd have to be on the plane.

Stupid thing to do.

Django x2 · 25 May 2017 at 15:47

Well, mine is "TV Licensing Van"...so I guess I might

Kuros · 25 May 2017 at 15:48

Some kid having a laugh, I guess. Annoying for the other passengers and wastes a silly amount of time/resources.

Gotta love some people, aye?

Hotwired · 25 May 2017 at 15:48

What kind of person would give their WIFI an edgy name :eek:

I'm sure no one in here has a tasteless WIFI name.

Avenged7Fold · 25 May 2017 at 15:49

Definitely the right call. People can be idiotic and paranoid enough to believe they are in danger of attack so fresh after an incident due to a wifi spot name coupled with their fear of flying.

The pilot didnt want to fly likely because he didnt want to have upset passengers on the plant when he was already in the air and couldn't set off without removing the wifi name after he announced it to the passengers.

I trust the wifi to not belong to a terrorist but i dont trust 300 people (nervous paranoid flyers among them) to behave responsibly after seeing that message so soon after an attack. A passenger may even lash out at another for that sort of humour, especially if they knew anyone involved.

Conscript · 25 May 2017 at 15:49

Can't view the link at work. What was the hotspot name?

SC0TTRS · 25 May 2017 at 15:49

Sick sense of humour..

Glanza · 25 May 2017 at 15:50

Conscript said:
Can't view the link at work. What was the hotspot name?

The incident took place as passengers were preparing to take-off from Cancun, Mexico, to the UK on a Thomson flight. As one male tourist boarded, he noticed that someone had named their WiFi: 'Jihadist Cell London 1'. This came just hours after the Manchester Arena attack.

Azza · 25 May 2017 at 15:50

Mine is Skynet, I don't see people running around screaming about a self-aware AI.

Obviously I'm not being edgy enough or the Millennials just don't get it.

Thekwango · 25 May 2017 at 15:52

Burnsy2023 said:
Risk of what exactly?

You need it explained where the risk might come from if the hotspot name is genuine? Highly unlikely to be but why take the risk that it might be - oops said it again.

Uther · 25 May 2017 at 15:53

You would have to be a special type of moron to give your wifi that name on the same day as the Manchester attack. Shame they didn't find the idiot and charge him for the delay.

Django x2 · 25 May 2017 at 15:53

So it's not the hotspot that Jihadists connect to to use the internet? You're saying it's something more sinister?

scorza · 25 May 2017 at 15:56

Top bants! What utter lads.

Burnsy2023 · 25 May 2017 at 15:58

Thekwango said:
You need it explained where the risk might come from if the hotspot name is genuine?

Yes, what exactly is the risk? Everyone has gone through security and been searched. Whilst this is in very poor taste, I don't see how this warrants cancellation of a flight.

FloppyPoppy · 25 May 2017 at 16:01

Burnsy2023 said:
Yes, what exactly is the risk? Everyone has gone through security and been searched. Whilst this is in very poor taste, I don't see how this warrants cancellation of a flight.

Searched like everybody else who ever managed to sneak anything onto a plane that should not be there?

Burnsy2023 · 25 May 2017 at 16:10

harry5522 said:
Searched like everybody else who ever managed to sneak anything onto a plane that should not be there?

And all those people who have gone to the extreme effort only to advertise it?