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United Airlines flight from Newark to Palma de Mallorca diverted for bluetooth speaker named 'Bomb'

A 16-year-old's bluetooth device, with a suspicious name on board, caused the plane to return to the USA, with delays and investigations into the young passenger

foto simbolica-  Passeggeri in un terminal della United Airlines  Stati Uniti, il 14 aprile 2026. REUTERS/Joshua Lott/Foto d'archivio REUTERS

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Versione italiana

A United Airlines flight departing from Newark in New Jersey and bound for Palma de Mallorca in Spain was forced to turn back because of a suspicious Bluetooth speaker.

The alarm was raised by a passenger who found a device called 'Bomb' in the list of his smartphone.

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According to US media reports, there were 190 passengers and 12 crew members on board the plane. The pilots reversed course while flying over the Atlantic about an hour after take-off and after an order from the control tower.

The aircraft was landed back atNewark and transferred to a remote apron away from the terminal.

Passengers were transferred to the terminal and subjected to a new security check.

Eventually, a 16-year-old boy admitted to being the owner of the Bluetooth speaker with the name 'bomb'.

He was taken into custody for questioning by the federal authorities and at the moment it is unclear whether formal charges will be filed; he faces a sentence of up to five years imprisonment and a fine.

After departing, the flight landed in Palma de Mallorca more than nine hours late.

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