Because one person pulled a prank in one of America's airlines, Virgin America almost diverted its flight to make an emergency landing after a passenger named his hotspot to 'Galaxy Note 7.' It causes panic during mid-air among the other passengers, including a Lucas Wojciechowski.
Wojciechowski took a took a screenshot and showed it to the crew. Later, a call went out for the troll passenger who has the Galaxy Note 7. Wojciechowski took to twitter to publish the pilot's announcements.
"If anyone has a Galaxy Note 7, please press your call button," the pilot spoke. After 15 minutes, the broadcast was up, this time the pilot was heard saying, "This isn't a joke. We're going to turn on the lights" (its 11pm) "and search everyone's bag until we find it."
The plane will be diverted to Wyoming in case no one will confess to having the mobile. After another 15 minutes, the pilot called and threatened an emergency landing and note that since it's nighttime, it would be a hassle for everyone on board.
Wojciechowski remembered the pilot announcing, "I don't know if you've ever been diverted at 3am... Let me tell you, it is terrible. There is nothing open in the terminal. Nothing." The sudden declaration has probably shaken the owner to own up the fault but it has been found out that it was just a wifi hotspot name.
"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," says the pilot.
Earlier in October, The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), announced an emergency order to ban all Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone devices from airlines in the United States.
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