'Turn Bluetooth off, or we're turning around' : How Redditors came together to figure out why a United flight was rerouted

'Turn Bluetooth off, or we're turning around' : How Redditors came together to figure out why a United flight was rerouted

The 190 passengers of a United Airlines flight from Newark, New Jersey to Palma de Mallorca, Spain had settled into their seats for their overnight flight when the captain gave an announcement: everyone had to turn off their Bluetooth devices — or he was going to turn around the plane. This confounded passengers, because Bluetooth is safe for airplanes. It stays enabled when devices are on airplane mode. United even encourages using Bluetooth he…