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

美联航航班因蓝牙音箱名称被迫返航

United flight 236 from Newark to Palma de Mallorca on Saturday night was forced to turn around just an hour after takeoff due to security concerns around a Bluetooth signal. Multiple Redditors claimed to be on the flight and reported that the crew repeatedly requested passengers to turn off their Bluetooth. According to one poster, the crew issued a one-minute warning, saying that two devices were still active.

周六晚，美联航从纽瓦克飞往帕尔马德马略卡岛的 236 号航班在起飞一小时后，因蓝牙信号引发的安全担忧被迫返航。多名 Reddit 用户声称当时就在该航班上，并表示机组人员多次要求乘客关闭蓝牙。据其中一名发帖者称，机组人员发出了最后的一分钟警告，称仍有两个设备处于开启状态。

One Redditor reported flight attendants making comments like, “This little joke is ruining it for everyone.”

一名 Reddit 用户称，空乘人员当时评论道：“这个小玩笑正在毁了大家的所有行程。”

An archived recording from Air Traffic Control (embedded below) confirms that the root of the issue was the name of a discoverable Bluetooth speaker.

一段来自空中交通管制的存档录音（见下文）证实，问题的根源是一个可被搜索到的蓝牙音箱名称。

“There’s a security detail out there. Someone had a Bluetooth speaker, and they named it a certain four-letter word. So they have to inspect the whole aircraft, including the cargo area, and the passengers have to evacuate.” While the recording does not explicitly confirm the speculation that the Bluetooth name in question was “bomb,” it would certainly make sense given the response from the crew and security personnel on the ground. It also serves as a friendly reminder that what you think is a clever WiFi or Bluetooth name probably isn’t.

“现场有安保人员。有人带了一个蓝牙音箱，并将其命名为一个特定的四字母单词。因此，他们必须检查整架飞机，包括货舱，乘客也必须撤离。”虽然录音中没有明确证实关于该蓝牙名称就是“bomb”（炸弹）的猜测，但考虑到机组人员和地面安保人员的反应，这种猜测确实合乎逻辑。这也友好地提醒大家：你自以为聪明的 WiFi 或蓝牙名称，可能在别人看来一点也不好笑。