Security News > 2021 > October > Airline Passenger Mistakes Vintage Camera for a Bomb
The "Security incident" that forced a New-York bound flight to make an emergency landing at LaGuardia Airport on Saturday turned out to be a misunderstanding - after an airline passenger mistook another traveler's camera for a bomb, sources said Sunday.
American Airlines Flight 4817 from Indianapolis - operated by Republic Airways - made an emergency landing at LaGuardia just after 3 p.m., and authorities took a suspicious passenger into custody for several hours.
It turns out the would-be "Bomber" was just a vintage camera aficionado and the woman who reported him made a mistake, sources said.
Why in the world was the passenger in custody for "Several hours"? They didn't do anything wrong.
Back in 2007, I called this the "War on the unexpected." It's why "See something, say something" doesn't work.
If you put amateurs in the front lines of security, don't be surprised when you get amateur security.