[Niamh.]

A pilot refused to fly a plane after a tourist spotted someone's shocking WiFi name.

The incident took place as passengers were preparing to take-off from Cancun, Mexico, to the UK on a Thomson flight. As one male tourist boarded, he noticed that someone had named their WiFi: 'Jihadist Cell London 1'. This came just hours after the Manchester Arena attack.

He informed the cabin crew immediately, and they began a probe. No one admitted to the name, so the police were called.

The plane was delayed for two hours while police inspected the passengers' electronics. Sniffer dogs and armed police boarded the aircraft in an attempt to find the person behind the WiFi name and to check for any suspicious items.

According to the Sun, some passengers began crying and demanded to be removed from the plane.



The man who raised the alarm told The Sun: "As I sat in my seat, I noticed one of the options for WiFi connection on my phone relating to being a jihadist. I accosted a member of cabin crew, who took my phone up to the cockpit.

"I was moved to the front of the plane but by this time whispers were spreading through the plane about it."

Initially, the pilot told passengers that the plane would be delayed by 40 minutes as a result of 'lax ground staff' but then admitted the real reason behind the issue.

"Soon the pilot confessed what the problem was and people were very uneasy. There were a lot of women in tears because of what we knew had happened earlier in Manchester," the passenger explained.

"The Mexican security services were brought on to investigate but by then the WiFi hotspot name had been deleted. It took an hour to check devices and there was no food or water for passengers.

"Outside the plane we could see sniffer dogs and armed police circling the aircraft. It was scary.

"No-one coughed up to being the culprit and security couldn't identify who was to blame, so there is a great sense of unease. It was terrifying coming on the same day as the horrifying Manchester attacks."

No one admitted to being behind the WiFi name, despite several pleas from the pilot.

The pilot said: "Someone has something on their phone which had an extremely subversive title to it - Jihadists Cell London 1 - and obviously we have to take this kind of thing very, very seriously.

"Someone has managed to do this on a hot point and it is a security issue and I'm sure you'll understand I'm not prepared to depart with something like this on the aircraft.

"The first thing I'm going to say is that if someone on this plane has that on their phone for a laugh, it would be very advantageous to you to come forward and talk to one of the cabin crew and you could save yourself a lot of time.

"Whatever, this is utterly unacceptable. Our security people are looking into this."

Security officials couldn't find the person behind the WiFi name. As a result, the flight was cancelled and all the passengers were sent to a hotel overnight.

http://www.ladbible.com/more/uk-pilo...-name-20170525

[Cherie]

Honestly, it was probably (maybe) someones idea of a joke, but

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Honestly, it was probably (maybe) someones idea of a joke, but

Probably but they have to take that seriously, imagine a bomb went off and it was discovered that they had this information beforehand but flew anyway?

[andybigbro]

That's shocking. I don't see how it could even be a joke.

I hope they can find who it was

[Livia]

I would say that everyone with even half a brain knows that you don't make any kind of bomb/terrorist joke at an airport or on a plane... or you'll be in the cack up to your armpits.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Livia

I would say that everyone with even half a brain knows that you don't make any kind of bomb/terrorist joke at an airport or on a plane... or you'll be in the cack up to your armpits.

you would think

[Jack_]

Time and a place for joke wifi names, and it isn't on an aircraft

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Jack_

Time and a place for joke wifi names, and it isn't on an aircraft

It isn't on an aircraft the same day a terrorist attack happened in the country you're flying to, what a moron

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Probably but they have to take that seriously, imagine a bomb went off and it was discovered that they had this information beforehand but flew anyway?

I was at that being somones idea of a "joke", they did absolutely the right thing not to fly

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I was at that being somones idea of a "joke", they did absolutely the right thing not to fly

Oh yeah I know

[smudgie]

Jail all the jokers.
As if the authorities don't have enough on their hands dealing with the atrocities.

[T*]

At this time and place and they decided to use THAT as a joke. Disgusting, I don't blame the pilot.

[Toy Soldier]

It was obviously a "joke name" (if you're an actual jihadist you don't name your WiFi "hi everyone I'm a jihadist'...) but yeah, at the best of times it's unfunny, on a plane / at an airport it's just insane unless you particularly WANT to be hauled in to be full body searched and grilled for hours.

Although most likely is that they set it as a joke at an earlier date, and simply forgot about it. Or a "friend" (a stupid one) who knew they were going on a plane got hold of their phone and thought it would make for a hilarious practical joke.

Other than a little symbol on the top bar, you don't necessarily know that you're running a hotspot or what it's called, once it's set up.

[Denver]

Why do people have to attention seek at this time?

[Northern Monkey]

Wankbag

[Shaun]

I hope he got an extremely thorough search & interrogation to say the least.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Honestly, it was probably (maybe) someones idea of a joke, but

This.

It's an insensitive joke (probably has a similar sense of humour to myself) but has poorly timed the joke for most people.

But if someone really was a Jihadist I highly doubt that it would be their WiFi name.