Some of you might have heard about this incident - it's been on the
national news.
But just in case you didn't hear what was the culprit, - that was a
"vintage" style camera and human stupidity.
I am quoting this article from PetaPixel:
"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 fears 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.
https://petapixel.com/2021/10/11/mans-vintage-camera-mistaken-for-bomb-causes-emergency-landing/
After they landed, the guy with the camera was seen face down on the
tarmac.
A bunch of news outlets wrote later:
"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."
I guess they decided that stupidity that caused the scare is not criminal.
The news snippet I saw on TV claimed that the guy had a camera that was
similar to a Mamia TLR.
It is interesting, that someone suggested in the comments that DHS
(Homeland Security) had initiated a fear of cameras a few years ago:
https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/homeland-security-photography-warning.php
Cheers!
Igor
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