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'Bomb on Board' Wi-Fi Network Causes Turkish Airlines Flight To Be Diverted (reuters.com)
A Turkish Airlines flight from Nairobi to Istanbul was diverted after the detection of a wi-fi network called "bomb on board" that alarmed the passengers, the airline said on Thursday. From a report: In a statement, Turkish Airlines said the flight made an emergency landing at the Khartoum airport in Sudan, but the flight was safely resumed after security inspections on all passengers and the aircraft. Individuals can create personal wi-fi networks on devices such as mobile phones and name them what they want.
First of all "Individuals can create personal wi-fi networks on devices such as mobile phones and name them what they want." Well, no shit.
Second, they need to start prosecuting these morons that cause flights to be diverted. Idiots starting fights & generally being morons need to start paying for these infractions else it's a badge of honor. "Remember that flight a few years ago that had to land in Colorado? Yeah, that was me. Woooo-hoooooo."
So did anyone make a note of the MAC address ? Or do you need to be authenticated before you can see the AP's MAC ? Or is there any other way to link the SSID to a static hardware address ? Then again, most chipsets nowadays easily allow spoofing of the MAC addr ..
And I'm talking about everyone who thought the name of a network means doodley-squat.
What's next, I name my network 'you need to take a dump' and everyone on the plane rushes to the toilets?
https://app.box.com/WitthoftResume Code: https://github.com/cellocgw
Um, no it couldn't have.
Maybe they were trying to name their network "Baby On Board", and the phone auto-corrected it?
why would you want to criminalize someone for naming an access point?
I know right! What's wrong with an access point named "bomb on board" while on a plane. It's not like they scared anyone or wasted any huge amounts of fuel or people's time or caused any kind of distress among the passengers and crew. I mean if all went round the person should have just yelled out loud, "bomb on board", and it would have been OK with you because there's free speech, right? I mean it's OK to yell fire in a theatre because of free speech, right? Don't be daft!
If they were that sensitive, they wouldn't work in the first place with all the electronic noise their systems emit. They are shielded, and don't care about that frequency, which is why wifi is allowed on the planes.
I've had it with these mothafuckin' snakes, on this mothafuckin' plane!
and he's traveling with me you insolent clod.
It could have been "baby-on-board".
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
Yea, that wasn't a good idea was it.... Stupid is as Stupid does. Who ever did this was an idiot. Even joking about a "bomb" at the security check point will get you an all expense paid trip to the holding room and/or a brief jail stay.
Why not use something like "Free WiFi" if you insist on letting everybody on board share your service? It's bad enough you are cutting into the revenue stream of the airline by depriving them of the fees the other users of your connection would have paid, then you pile on by making a joke about having a bomb on board? Way to go....
Not only did you get your butt in trouble over the "bomb" thing, you made the airlines aware of your little sharing scheme. I'm guessing they will do something about both and send you the fuel bill for the diversion.
"File to fit, pound to insert, paint to match" - Aircraft Maintenance 101
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Airlines have tough security, people are sensitive about any threat when it comes to riding in mass transportation, stupid shit happens all the time, we get it. I know we see "never forget" but this just isn't news.
News is when security slips up or new measures get implemented or someone gets away with something.
This is just the system doing its thing. Well, maybe that is news actually.
This is exactly why I always set up an SSID named "No Bomb On Board" when I fly -- so no one will worry about a bomb on board.
Though now I see an easy way to disrupt global air travel -- hide an ESP8266 on board multiple airplanes that can broadcast a "Bomb On Board" SSD at a particular time on all of the airplanes, and watch global air travel come to a halt while they try to track them done. For bonus points, have them turn on and off randomly to make them harder to find.
Yes, this was definitely scary because if a terrorist did put a bomb on board, we all know that the second thing he would do would be to make a wifi network called, "Bomb on Board", alerting everyone to it.
Whew! Good thing they diverted the plane!
If a wifi AP can take down a plane, we got bigger problems on our hands.
No, it's not dangerous at all. You drinking a beer before boarding the plane is more dangerous than 2000 people running a personal hotspot on a plane (if that was even possible). There is no proof or evidence at all that cell signals, wifi or anything else you can bring on a plane (other than yourself) have any impact on aircraft in any way shape or form. The FAA is just overly cautious and have done little to no (that's where my bet is) actual testing. An airline loaded with 300 passengers all actively on calls during take off or landing would fly just fine with ZERO problems.
Same procedure, same outcome. Send him to GITMO!
If I actually was going to put a bomb on board I'd call the access point "TotallyNoBombsHereNoNoNo" or someth1¾,.m,.,
no carrier
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Some of the trains/routes don't have wifi and he turns his hotspot on with "Virgin Trains Free Wifi" as the SSID. Then he tries very hard to suppress his own laughter when people start complaining about how the wifi doesn't work.
The US courts have specifically said you can't yell it if a reasonable person would believe you. If you are saying it as a joke and a reasonable person would expect it to be a joke then it is legal. Same with making a joke about a bomb. Fuck you TSA. Unfortunately defending yourself in the USA is now so time consuming and expensive it would be more of a punishment to prove you are innocent than plead guilty.
The use of a personal hotspot could have jammed the plane's computers and navigational controls and ended up bringing the plane down.
No, the FAA never tested the safety of in-flight cellular service because the FCC prohibited it.
The problem is that cellular handover is a somewhat intensive process, and your hotspot is going to work like crap anyway. Big planes have a cruising speed of 500+ MPH, so it's going to be handing over frequently---if it will even work at all. Naming the hotspot something stupid is just icing on the cake.
In addition, a horde of cellular handovers happening simultaneously could interfere with the cellular network. This could be especially burdensome on areas surrounding major airports, which also tend to be major population centers.
Basically, no one is interested in doing a lot of expensive testing to make sure cell phones on planes won't cause telecommunication problems, so everyone has to live without their phones for a few hours.
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That's more or less the equivalent of this incident. Regardless of whether there was malicious intent, or whether the responsible person just has a poor sense of humor/poor sense of judgement, it's not right. At least here in the U.S., so far as I know, there are laws that cover things like this ('Malicious Mischief', maybe?). Don't know about other countries.
say to her husband?
"Honey, does this bomb make me look fat?"
Mobile phone interference with plane instruments: Myth or reality?
https://www.edn.com/electronic...
or
http://www.discovery.com/tv-sh...
Finding: BUSTED
-Unresolved symbol? Byte me!
"Bombed in Flight" then asked for as much alcohol as is available.
I was going to name my WiFi as in the subject, but decided I really did not want an all expenses paid vacation to GitMo. So I named it "Free Virus downloads" instead.
First law of people: People are generally stupid.
If they were that sensitive, they wouldn't work in the first place with all the electronic noise their systems emit.
You don't believe that a system can be sensitive to certain RF signal interference just because it might emit some on some other frequency? Hmmm. I have a GPS system that emits a birdie smack on top of a specific active local amateur frequency. The amateur radio is blocked despite it being able to "emit electronic noise" quite well, by an electronic system that works quite well despite emitting a significant noise signal.
Simple analysis of complicated systems is often incorrect and misleading.
They are shielded, and don't care about that frequency, which is why wifi is allowed on the planes.
WiFi is allowed on planes after testing to determine that it is not going to cause interference, with the provision that the flight crew can turn it off, and demand that you turn off your clients, at any time they suspect interference.
Mobile phone interference with plane instruments: Myth or reality?
Cool. You've found one stupid link that talks about "galvanometer instruments", and a pop-culture TV show, that can't show that the specific devices they tested interfered with the specific aircraft systems they tested against, and leap to the conclusion that this proves that PED cannot interfere.
The issue is not that EVERY device WILL interfere. Proof that EVERY device does not interfere with EVERY system is irrelevant.
Mobile phone interference with plane instruments: Myth or reality?
Cool. You've found one stupid link that talks about "galvanometer instruments", and a pop-culture TV show, that can't show that the specific devices they tested interfered with the specific aircraft systems they tested against, and leap to the conclusion that this proves that PED cannot interfere.
The issue is not that EVERY device WILL interfere. Proof that EVERY device does not interfere with EVERY system is irrelevant.
Hey, shitstain.
Every consumer device with a radio is already tested and certified by the FCC and is guaranteed not to cause harmful interference and is guaranteed to not block interference the FCC and their goons throw at it.
... for this passenger: Bus Rider.
Have gnu, will travel.
Every consumer device with a radio is already tested and certified by the FCC and is guaranteed not to cause harmful interference
You are pathetically and arrogantly ignorant. Look up what Part 15 says about "unintentional radiators", and then think about what intentional radiators are allowed to do.
and is guaranteed to not block interference the FCC and their goons throw at it.
Very little of modern electronics is actually tested by the FCC directly. Most of it is based on manufacturer certifications -- and for a lot of Chinese electronics that certification is fudged or based on version 0.1 prototype of a device and not the current, shipping product.
ARRL did an amazing test of common amateur handhelds by setting up test gear at hamfests and examining the handhelds that attendees were carrying. They found that some models passed FCC standards only marginally. I've duplicated these tests with my own gear and found the same thing. These are the things that are "guaranteed not to cause harmful interference" or "not block interference" (whatever that means).
In fact, any device, even a certificated, legal transmitter, can cause harmful interference to another device. Ask anyone who works with radio systems in a close environment, like on a mountaintop repeater/communications site. I've already talked about a legal, unintentional radiator (GPS receiver) that causes harmful interference to a nearby radio system. That's just one example. Here's a second one: a receiver system in an aircraft generated a birdie that blanked out a New York Center ATC frequency. The pilot and co-pilot heard nothing from ATC, and only knew the channel was blocked and not just silent because the RX light with on saying something was being received. No audio at all.
WW2, librul conspiracy or actual event? Did the US really even fight in it? See, this shit is so stupid I wanted to punch my own face while writing it to troll your Nazi ass.
...got *a lot* of margaritas for me and nothing but laughs from the crew when I showed the perplexed stew delivering all those drinks my SSID. YMMV.
This is why one should always use the password:
"If you get on your knees and blow me I will tell you my password"
for their phone and all "Social Media" accounts. Works especially well when entering the US.
A parody version of the "Baby on board" rear-window placard saying "Bomb on board" and perhaps featuring a cartoon bomb. No, don't stick it to the window and make alarmed faces, but there's nothing wrong with having one in your carry-on.
The correct thing to do is to get on the PA and announce that "some joker is operating a wi-fi network with a name which is upsetting other passengers. We Are Not Amused. Please disable it immediately before we have to find you. If it doesn't disappear within three minutes, we'll take it literally and you wouldn't like that."
"Cockpit Override"
"Airplane Crash Scenarios"
"747 Maintenance Network"
"Airbus Control"
An engineer who ran for Congress. http://herbrobinson.us