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Do Not Flush Your iPod

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ipods-on-the-mother-fing-plane dept.

realjordanna writes "Clearly the bar for what is deemed as a security threat has had to be lowered — but should it be this low? When a rather embarrassed passenger loses his iPod in the lavatory — even admits to the crew his mistake, the plane is diverted to Ottawa and a bomb squad is brought in to investigate. Read the iPod owner's story and take one lesson from this kid's plight — clearly the iPod is not flushable."

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  1. Re:I'm the guy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Tim, I want to praise you for a) handling it well and b) telling us all these details. The government's actions were so unacceptable at every step of the way. The one thing I would have done personally would be to not answer all their stupid questions, and demand to speak with an attorney. I'm glad it ended well but they were doing a lot of fishing. I would rather be keep my mouth shut and be arrested than try to cooperate in hopes of not being arrested. In your case it worked but that's not always true.

    Again, thanks for the detailed post about this. It really helps all of us understand how these idiots are wasting our tax money these days.

  2. Re:Poster Has Basis for a Lawsuit here by kfg · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Assuming of course this flight was aboard an American carrier and that customs official digging through his laptop was also an American.

    Well, the blurb says that plane was diverted to Ottawa. That's in the Bahamas, isn't it? And the Bahamas are at least technically American, right?

    KFG