A Virgin flight in America was halted in mid-air after a passenger pranked by changing the name of their wi-fi device to 'Samsung Galaxy Note 7'.
The US Department of Transportation has banned the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones from planes by the US Department of Transportation after there was news that several of the devices caught fire.
Lucas Wojciechowski, a passenger on Virgin America flight 358 from San Francisco to Boston, told BBC News that he took the screenshot of the hotspot after his laptop detected a wi-fi named 'Samsung Galaxy Note 7'.
Immediately there was a call for the passenger with a Note 7.
Mr. Wojciechowski twitted the the pilot's warning after no one claimed to own a Samsung Galaxy Note 7.
"This isn't a joke. We're going to turn on the lights (it's 11 pm) and search everyone's bag until we find it.
"This is the captain speaking. Apparently, the plane is going to have to get diverted and searched if nobody fesses up soon."
After all this drama in the mid-air, the owner came forward and confessed that had changed the name of their SSID wireless device to 'Samsung Galaxy Note 7_1097.'
To ease the tension in the flight, the flight crew announced: "Ladies and gentlemen, we found the device. Luckily only the name of the device was changed to 'Galaxy Note 7'. It was not a GN7."
While, Serenity Caldwell, managing editor of Apple products news and reviews, was there on the ground where she has to board the flight. She twitted a series of the tweet:
"When I got to the airport (early) today, I found a huge line of people at the counter to my gate. Turns out, the flight had been canceled.
"It took about two hours for everyone to get their itineraries finally sorted. Finally, they all move on to their new gates and our crew comes.
"They're hanging out while we wait to begin boarding, and one of them lets this slip: "Know why the 9 am flight got canceled?
"The plane was mid-flight when an attendant noticed a wi-fi hotspot. A Galaxy Note 7 wi-fi hotspot. Everyone else makes a horrified face."
The US Department of Transportation has banned the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones from planes by the US Department of Transportation after there was news that several of the devices caught fire.
Lucas Wojciechowski, a passenger on Virgin America flight 358 from San Francisco to Boston, told BBC News that he took the screenshot of the hotspot after his laptop detected a wi-fi named 'Samsung Galaxy Note 7'.
Immediately there was a call for the passenger with a Note 7.
Mr. Wojciechowski twitted the the pilot's warning after no one claimed to own a Samsung Galaxy Note 7.
"This isn't a joke. We're going to turn on the lights (it's 11 pm) and search everyone's bag until we find it.
"This is the captain speaking. Apparently, the plane is going to have to get diverted and searched if nobody fesses up soon."
After all this drama in the mid-air, the owner came forward and confessed that had changed the name of their SSID wireless device to 'Samsung Galaxy Note 7_1097.'
To ease the tension in the flight, the flight crew announced: "Ladies and gentlemen, we found the device. Luckily only the name of the device was changed to 'Galaxy Note 7'. It was not a GN7."
While, Serenity Caldwell, managing editor of Apple products news and reviews, was there on the ground where she has to board the flight. She twitted a series of the tweet:
"When I got to the airport (early) today, I found a huge line of people at the counter to my gate. Turns out, the flight had been canceled.
"It took about two hours for everyone to get their itineraries finally sorted. Finally, they all move on to their new gates and our crew comes.
"They're hanging out while we wait to begin boarding, and one of them lets this slip: "Know why the 9 am flight got canceled?
"The plane was mid-flight when an attendant noticed a wi-fi hotspot. A Galaxy Note 7 wi-fi hotspot. Everyone else makes a horrified face."