American Airlines Flight Delayed Because A WiFi Hotspot Was Named 'There Is A Bomb On The Flight'

Posted • February 11, 2025: An American Airlines plane was delayed over a WiFi hotspot mentioning a ’bomb.’ Flight 2863 was preparing to depart Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas when a man showed a flight attendant something on his tablet, according to passenger Bruce Steen, 63. The flight attendant informed the cockpit and the pilot announced that the airplane would be going back to the gate because of an ‘administrative issue’, Steen told ABC News. Minutes later, the pilot said that ‘somebody renamed their hotspot’, Steen said, and the crew revealed it was, ‘There is a bomb on the flight.’