I’m surprised all airlines haven’t taken this step for now. One guy ruined wearing shoes through security, i think this is far worse.
captsmokeywork on
What are they doing that would arose the interest of Mossad?
Str8uptalk on
Trusting 400 strangers on board for hours…It’s amazing and scary at the same time.
DR_van_N0strand on
I bet Israel put some kind of altitude sensor or something in the pagers to prevent this. I can’t imagine them risking one going off on a plane.
[Here’s a tiny consumer altitude and pressure sensor that is less than 1cm X 1cm not including the extra pcb board space.](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11084)
They could easily put a sensor in there with the mini bomb and whatever else.
sgtcupcake on
This applies to all passengers transiting through or departing from Dubai, not just Emirates flights.
nordic_yankee on
Were there already a bunch of terrorists, er, I mean passengers, bringing pagers and walkie talkies onto their planes?!
morts73 on
Smart
MattAdore2000 on
Did they give a reason why?
007try001 on
For good reason, just like how all of us should be looking at our phones. They might not have c4 but the bs you are getting off them is just as impactful.
Abradolf1948 on
It’s gonna be a scary world when someone targets smart phones and you suddenly can’t bring them anywhere with you.
debunk101 on
You might as well ban all electronic items. laptops, iPads, kindle..What a fucked up world we live in
Edit: this is the official statement from Emirates: “ All Passengers travelling on flights to, from or via Dubai are prohibited from transporting pagers and walkie-talkies in checked or cabin baggage.”
Just_Another_Scott on
Soon these will end up on Amazon and everyone will figure out with this is considered a War Crime.
JSmith666 on
Wasn’t the oager attack super targeted? Couldn’t they just not allow people who sre part if a terror organization instead?
Little-Impression636 on
This makes no sense because there’s nothing special about pagers or walkie talkies that make it easier to hide explosives in them. Why not ban phones, toothpaste tubes, or bags entirely? Security is supposed to catch bombs no matter how they’re hidden.
yopetey on
What is this, the 80s and 90s? I mean anyone who is walking around with a pager and a walkie-talkie, unless you, Alan, then I would deem it suspicious anyways
Mal-De-Terre on
Wait till cell phones start going bang.
42fy on
You mean like cell phones?
Roastage on
Seems kind of dumb though? Is there anything that makes a pager or walkie-talkie more likely to be a bomb than a smart phone?
manamara1 on
What about laptops, hair dryers, shavers, water picks? Ain’t making sense this ban.
Potential-Stand-9501 on
I can’t afford one of their flight anyway so that’s above my pay jurisdiction 🫡
nelly2929 on
Wait till some cell phones blow up…. Airlines will make all your phones go in a bomb box and people will die without them for a few hours
fangelo2 on
Like phones, tablets, and laptops couldn’t be rigged. Something to think about next time you are on a plane with 300 or so of those devices riding along with you
Keep0nBuckin on
How many people still use pagers today. Apart from the obvious hezbollah story, I though pagers were pretty much a thing of the 90s
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Well, this is some explosive news.
Probably a good call.
I’m surprised all airlines haven’t taken this step for now. One guy ruined wearing shoes through security, i think this is far worse.
What are they doing that would arose the interest of Mossad?
Trusting 400 strangers on board for hours…It’s amazing and scary at the same time.
I bet Israel put some kind of altitude sensor or something in the pagers to prevent this. I can’t imagine them risking one going off on a plane.
[Here’s a tiny consumer altitude and pressure sensor that is less than 1cm X 1cm not including the extra pcb board space.](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11084)
They could easily put a sensor in there with the mini bomb and whatever else.
This applies to all passengers transiting through or departing from Dubai, not just Emirates flights.
Were there already a bunch of terrorists, er, I mean passengers, bringing pagers and walkie talkies onto their planes?!
Smart
Did they give a reason why?
For good reason, just like how all of us should be looking at our phones. They might not have c4 but the bs you are getting off them is just as impactful.
It’s gonna be a scary world when someone targets smart phones and you suddenly can’t bring them anywhere with you.
You might as well ban all electronic items. laptops, iPads, kindle..What a fucked up world we live in
Edit: this is the official statement from Emirates: “ All Passengers travelling on flights to, from or via Dubai are prohibited from transporting pagers and walkie-talkies in checked or cabin baggage.”
Soon these will end up on Amazon and everyone will figure out with this is considered a War Crime.
Wasn’t the oager attack super targeted? Couldn’t they just not allow people who sre part if a terror organization instead?
This makes no sense because there’s nothing special about pagers or walkie talkies that make it easier to hide explosives in them. Why not ban phones, toothpaste tubes, or bags entirely? Security is supposed to catch bombs no matter how they’re hidden.
What is this, the 80s and 90s? I mean anyone who is walking around with a pager and a walkie-talkie, unless you, Alan, then I would deem it suspicious anyways
Wait till cell phones start going bang.
You mean like cell phones?
Seems kind of dumb though? Is there anything that makes a pager or walkie-talkie more likely to be a bomb than a smart phone?
What about laptops, hair dryers, shavers, water picks? Ain’t making sense this ban.
I can’t afford one of their flight anyway so that’s above my pay jurisdiction 🫡
Wait till some cell phones blow up…. Airlines will make all your phones go in a bomb box and people will die without them for a few hours
Like phones, tablets, and laptops couldn’t be rigged. Something to think about next time you are on a plane with 300 or so of those devices riding along with you
How many people still use pagers today. Apart from the obvious hezbollah story, I though pagers were pretty much a thing of the 90s