LAX To London Flight Delayed Over "Al-Quida" Wi-Fi Name

linuxwrangler writes A flight from LAX to London was delayed after a passenger reported seeing "Al-Quida Free Terror Nettwork" as an available hotspot name and reported it to a flight attendant. The flight was taken to a remote part of the airport and delayed for several hours but "after further investigation, it was determined that no crime was committed and no further action will be taken." That seems an awfully low threshold for disrupting air traffic, since wireless access points can be had for just a few dollars these days.

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Re:This was no AP.

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, blame Microsoft for this.

Or, you know, every smartphone made in the last 5 years.

Re:LAX?

[RadioTV]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...