Nvidia Employee Didn't Say "Bomb" on Airplane

[exfileme]

A supposed bomb threat on board a flight headed to Hong Kong led to a jailed Nvidia employee.

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[Hothr]

TSA = Rediculous

 

[dacman61]

Absolutely dumb! It sucks he even had to put up bail money.

 

[tengen]

Sounds like a combination of bad British English + Hong Kong Chinese accent.

Unless he spoke Cantonese, then he's got no excuses.

 

[Guest]

Unless someone was there to corroborate the attendant's story, I can't see how this man can be prosecuted, or even arrested... man, this is so stupid.

 

[dman3k]

[citation][nom]Hothr[/nom]TSA = Rediculous[/citation]Not learning to spell is ridiculous.

 

[rhino13]

You know this is why we have to start hiring English speakers here in the US.
I have to work with some people that may as well be telling me they have a bomb in their jacket every time they open their mouthes, cause I can't understand a word of their English.

 

[blasterth]

terrorists win

 

[El_Capitan]

I got a BOMBay jacket. Hey, why is the plane turning back? This isn't Hong Kong.

 

[El_Capitan]

Chestnut in Korean is pronounced "Bomb". Maybe he had some in his jacket?

 

[Steven Bancroft]

Well now he knows the TSA is no one to be cocky/witty/arrogant with. Flight Security is taken pretty serious in the US, no need to be a smart ass.

 

[Parsian]

Maybe he said, he had a bong??

 

[Guest]

@symetrixpc: though the TSA has certainly been guilty of following nonsense procedures, the incident you described was actually completely valid from a security point of view.

A mach3 razor blade cannot be used to bring down a plane; it won't break through the reinforced door to the cockpit, and everyone on the plane will restrain you if you try. On the other hand, several items containing more than 3oz of liquid could definitely blow a hole in the fuselage, if they contained high explosives.

 

[JohnnyLucky]

Dumb! Really Dumb!

 

[jerreece]

[citation][nom]xoloki[/nom]@symetrixpc: though the TSA has certainly been guilty of following nonsense procedures, the incident you described was actually completely valid from a security point of view.A mach3 razor blade cannot be used to bring down a plane; it won't break through the reinforced door to the cockpit, and everyone on the plane will restrain you if you try. On the other hand, several items containing more than 3oz of liquid could definitely blow a hole in the fuselage, if they contained high explosives.[/citation]


Ignorance is bliss. There are 3 (count them, THREE) razor blades in a Mach 3 razor. If broken, the razor blades can be removed. Now, let's think about what you can do with a sharp object like a razor blade. Cut someone? Hold someone hostage? Threaten to cut their throat? Now you've got a flight attendant hostage, and are ordering the Captain to do what you want before you hurt someone.

So, razor blades have no reason to be on an airplane.

 

[hack__you]

What he said was "I have a bong in my jacket."

 

[gorehound]

a small broken razor blade is a weapon in prison.i did some time in a federal prison 20 years ago.

i was once assualted in the lower east side in nyc by a man who tried to cut my neck with a broken piece of a razor blade.you hold it between two fingers and slash.he slashed my face but didnot take me down.

razors can make a deadly weapon when used that way by the right person you will be dead with a slashed throat on the jugular vein.

 

[ArgleBargle]

But a TSA employee who plants drugs on a passenger as a "joke" gets a free ride as far as the legal system is concerned. Awesome!

 

[igot1forya]

"No! No! I said 'my jacket is da bomb!'"

 

[Miyasashi]

"The flight attendant backed away from the Nvidia marketing director"

 

[Miyasashi]

"The flight attendant backed away from the Nvidia marketing director"

Nvidia's way of a marketing stunt?

Bad publicity is still publicity...

 

[zachary k]

how do we know he didn't say balm and she is just dumb.

 

[beachbod]

A serious comment? Yes. But I think it could have been resolved without making such a big deal out of it.

 

[tpi2007]

What if someone is carriying a comb in the jacket and the flight atttendant misunderstands the passenger ?

I mean "comb" ... "bomb"... it's scary.. you can end up in jail for just wanting to have a nice appeareance.

 

[methal]

you have got to be kidding...flight attendant needs a new job.