UA flight – 'turn Bluetooth off or we're turning around'
slackpad
48 points
10 comments
May 31, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (5 comments)
bigyabai
They certainly did turn around: https://www.flightradar24.com/UAL236/
aftbit
>LolasLakehouse >43 points 33 minutes ago >Heard on ramp frequency. United appeared to tell the captain of a different United flight that there was a Bluetooth device with a “certain four letter word” (quoting) on the plane causing the emergency.
JumpCrisscross
Someone was airdropping bomb threats?
legitster
My guess is a device was named "Bomb" or something.
anonym00se1
"Wife is on the plane. Guy had a speaker named bomb. He just confessed to it. He said he named it forever ago and forgot about it. He’s 16 years old. Wife’s friend is sitting next to him as they are questioning him."