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United flight to Spain turns back midair after possible security threat
Security came to inspect aircraft in Newark after report of Bluetooth device with a ‘certain four-letter word’
TL;DR
- A United Airlines flight bound for Palma de Mallorca, Spain, returned to Newark Liberty International Airport due to a possible security threat.
- The threat reportedly involved a passenger's Bluetooth device being named a "certain four-letter word."
- Passengers were evacuated from the Boeing 767 aircraft and re-screened by TSA and CBP officers.
- This incident marks at least the third major aviation episode involving a United Airlines flight in four weeks.
- A previous incident involved an unruly passenger attempting to breach the cockpit on a flight to Minneapolis.
- Another incident on May 3rd saw a United flight strike a light pole and a delivery truck upon landing at Newark.