{"id":17605,"date":"2016-12-23T06:43:51","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T06:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=17605"},"modified":"2016-12-23T06:43:51","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T06:43:51","slug":"a-flight-was-late-because-someone-named-their-wi-fi-hotspot-galaxy-note-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/a-flight-was-late-because-someone-named-their-wi-fi-hotspot-galaxy-note-7.html","title":{"rendered":"A flight was late because someone named their Wi-Fi hotspot Galaxy Note 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"justify\">\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">A flight was late because someone named their Wi-Fi hotspot Galaxy Note 7<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>A flight was late because someone named their Wi-Fi hotspot Galaxy Note 7:-<\/strong> Airlines aren\u2019t taking the ban against Samsung\u2019s Galaxy Note 7 lightly. A clever but highly irresponsible troll by a passenger aboard a Virgin America flight out of San Francisco nearly resulted in the plane being grounded and searched for the recalled smartphone. According to BBC News, someone switched the name of their portable Wi-Fi hotspot to \u201cGalaxy Note 7_1097,\u201d which gave other passengers (and the flight\u2019s crew) the impression that Samsung\u2019s device was somewhere on the plane \u2014 and actively being used.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">This resulted in numerous urgent announcements from the crew demanding that the owner of the Note 7 speak up. The captain warned that the flight would need to be diverted and land in Wyoming (far from its Boston destination) for an emergency search if no one stepped forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;I don&#39;t know if you&#39;ve ever been diverted at 3am&#8230; Let me tell you, it is terrible. There is nothing open in the terminal. Nothing.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lucas Wojciechowski (@lucaswoj) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lucaswoj\/status\/811107348659970048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Lucas Wojciechowski was on the disrupted flight and took a screenshot of the Note 7 SSID. I can\u2019t speak for the accuracy of his transcriptions, but it certainly sounds like the crew wasn\u2019t happy. \u201cThis isn&#8217;t a joke,\u201d someone reportedly announced to the everyone on board. \u201cWe&#8217;re going to turn on the lights and search everyone&#8217;s bag until we find it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Remember that the Galaxy Note 7 is a potential fire hazard and is officially barred from flight by the FAA. We\u2019re talking a federal crime, here. So while the reaction might strike some as extreme, this is definitely how a crew should respond when they believe a potentially dangerous and banned anything is somewhere on their plane mid-flight. The culprit ultimately fessed up and explained the stubborn prank. iMore\u2019s Serenity Caldwell was at the airport a few hours after the flight arrived in Boston<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In short x2: Don&#39;t bring a Note 7 on a plane or you will piss everyone off. And don&#39;t rename your SSID unless you want to chat with the TSA.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Serenity Caldwell (@settern) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/settern\/status\/811338087297122305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/circuitbreaker\/2016\/12\/22\/14063842\/samsung-galaxy-note-7-virgin-america-flight-sfo<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/a-flight-was-late-because-someone-named-their-wi-fi-hotspot-galaxy-note-7.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A flight was late because someone named their Wi-Fi hotspot Galaxy Note 7 A flight was late because someone named their Wi-Fi hotspot Galaxy Note 7:- Airlines aren\u2019t taking the ban against Samsung\u2019s Galaxy Note 7 lightly. 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