United flight forced to turn around because of a Bluetooth speaker name

An hr successful formation UA236 returned to Newark. | Screenshot: The Verge

United formation 236 from Newark to Palma de Mallorca connected Saturday nighttime was forced to turn around conscionable an hr aft takeoff owed to security concerns astir a Bluetooth signal. Multiple Redditors claimed to beryllium connected the formation and reported that the unit repeatedly requested passengers to crook disconnected their Bluetooth. According to 1 poster, the unit issued a one-minute warning, saying that 2 devices were inactive active.

One Redditor reported formation attendants making comments like, "This small gag is ruining it for everyone."

An archived signaling from Air Traffic Control (embedded below) confirms that the basal of the contented was the sanction of a disc …

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