“An actual terrorist threat would not involve announcing that one has an implanted device, imo.”
It might if they wanted to hijack the plane and not just blow it up.
Think of the carbon footprint by diverting a flight from scheduled route, the inconvenience to passengers and crew, the debriefings, reams of mind numbing paperwork.
If practicable, the miscreant should have been ejected from the plane, at 25,000 feet. You just _know_ the entire plane would have erupted in raucous applause. It’s way past time to stop messing around with these clowns.
“It might if they wanted to hijack the plane and not just blow it up.”
As I understand it, they gas up these planes to get to the destination with a near empty tank. (landing is much safer that way)
It kind of limits where any hijacked plane can go...