Posted on 10/12/2021 5:32:17 AM PDT by Red Badger
Man’s Vintage Camera Mistaken for Bomb, Causes Emergency Landing
A flight was forced to make an emergency landing in NYC this weekend after a woman mistook a fellow passenger’s vintage camera for a bomb. The suspected terrorist was pinned to the tarmac before authorities figured out he was a camera enthusiast.
The New York Times and NY Daily News report that American Airlines Flight 4817 from Indianapolis made an emergency landing at LaGuardia Airport at about 3pm Saturday and that a passenger had been taken in to custody on suspicion of carrying a bomb onto the airplane.
The incident reportedly occurred after a woman spotted a fellow passenger scrolling through videos and photos of vintage cameras. She mistook the images of vintage cameras for bombs and believed that the passenger was looking up bomb-making instructions.
The woman’s paranoia peaked after the man pulled out his own vintage camera and began fiddling with its settings — she believed that he was setting a timer on a bomb’s detonator.
She then notified a flight attendant and the pilots decided to land in Queens.
Check out the insane reaction below…
So the end of our flight got interesting pic.twitter.com/gdJSUUG906
— Laura (@lbrgdl) October 9, 2021
Authorities determined there was no criminality at play in an incident Saturday when a passenger was detained after reports of suspicious behavior, prompting the flight arriving at New York City's LaGuardia Airport to be deplaned on the tarmac.https://t.co/mtYxSEVfhH pic.twitter.com/Si3kzJYrfF
— New Day (@NewDay) October 11, 2021
#BREAKING At LGA Airport with reports of a suspicious package. Airplane evacuated, emergency crews seem to be spraying the airplane after deplaning: @News12BK @News12BX @News12 pic.twitter.com/0SmdgTKRJZ
— Sabrina Franza (@sabrinafranza) October 9, 2021
AIR SCARE #DeltaAirLines flight makes emergency landing Port Authority confirmed to #TheSun the incoming flight made an "emergency landing" at LaGuardia Airport but failed to confirm the situation on board. #Delta #NYC #US #LaGuardiaAirport #Breaking pic.twitter.com/20QeJEWvH9
— 🌎 Sarwar 🌐 (@ferozwala) October 9, 2021
OMG!
Nikon?
LEICA?
SINAR?
EXACTA?
Inquiring minds want to know!
Momma don’t take my Kodachrome away.
L
If he doesn’t sue the wings off this airline he at least gets free 1st Class tickets in demand, anywhere in the world, for EVER, for himself and 3 guests.
Has dials and a - gasp! - crank, to set the bomb timer!
F’ng stupid Karen.
Everyone else on the plane: 
That camera is way cool!
My Dad had one. I found it in his personal effects after he passed. Still have it, although I doubt I can find film anywhere...
The Karen needs to pay something too. At least the $ for the wasted jet fuel.
Back around 1981 I carried on a hefty electrical motor with the shaft drilled out and a thermocouple embedded with a couple of wires dangling out. One of my company’s customers (DuPont) was having trouble with one of our machines, with motors burning out. Airline security was nothing like it is today, but on the xray scanner the thing could not have looked more like a bomb. There were a couple of rent-a-cop cheerful colored girls providing security and I had no problem convincing them that it was completely harmless. If I tried that today, I would probably wind up in a cell with January 6th insurrectionist.
Finally, don't people talk to each other anymore? A simple conversation with the camera enthusiast would have immediately put everybody's mind at ease. But no, instead, they land the plane and throw him on the tarmac like he's Richard Reid or something.
ISWYDT!.........................
(or is that racist?)
Looks like a white guy too. News for Karen - white guys don’t blow themselves up, so get a life.
Or an MIT scholarship like Achmed the 12yr old wannabe clock maker.
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