Page 1 of Flying on a plane? Careful what you name your access point

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/10/flight-cancelled-when-al-quida-wi-fi-network-became-available/

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A Los Angeles International Airport flight bound for London was cancelled Sunday when a passenger's phone picked up the Wi-Fi signal "al-Quida Free Terror Nettwork" (sic) that was emanating from a fellow flier's hotspot minutes before the United Airlines flight was set to liftoff.
Amazingly they didn't find out who's equipment had a wifi hotspot with that name, so I guess they probably turned it off quickly and nobody there was smart enough to check every piece of kit.

Another guy... not so lucky:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/10/man-who-lasered-boeing-737-gets-a-mere-4-months-community-detention/

Quote:
On July 6, 2012, a 22-year-old man named Jarryd Hector was partying at a home in Auckland, New Zealand, when he decided to shine a green laser light at a Boeing 737 from Christchurch that was preparing to land at the Auckland Airport. The plane was carrying 118 passengers, the New Zealand Herald reported.

Today, a judge at Manukau District Court sentenced Hector to four months of community detention and 150 hours of community service work for his laser antics. For the duration of his community detention, Hector will have to obey a curfew or face an 18-month prison sentence. He will also have to attend drug and alcohol counseling, the judge said

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