Flight delayed by 'bomb threat' over passenger's Wi-Fi network name

An flight was delayed by more than four hours when a passenger arrived at Austin Airport with their Wi-Fi hotspot saved as 'I have a bomb'.

Police boarded flight 2863, bound for Charlotte, on Friday afternoon and asked the passenger to identify themselves, assessing it could be a 'prank'.

'Cue the groaning from the entire f***ing plane when the cop announced this,' one passenger , with choice words for the 'idiot' who refused to come forward.

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