{"id":155845,"date":"2025-07-05T08:20:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T08:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/passenger-misinterprets-seat-neighbors-rip-text-forcing-flight-to-divert-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T08:20:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T08:20:05","slug":"passenger-misinterprets-seat-neighbors-rip-text-forcing-flight-to-divert-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/passenger-misinterprets-seat-neighbors-rip-text-forcing-flight-to-divert-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Passenger misinterprets seat neighbor&#039;s \u2018RIP\u2019 text, forcing flight to divert &#8211; USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An American Airlines passenger snooping on one of their seat neighbors forced the flight to return to San Juan after reporting a potential security concern based on an overseen text message.<br \/>Local news outlet <a href=https:\/\/www.primerahora.com\/noticias\/policia-tribunales\/notas\/pasajero-lee-mensaje-ajeno-y-desata-falsa-alarma-de-bomba-en-vuelo-todo-por-un-rip\/ data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Primera Hora<\/a> reported that one passenger saw another receive a text message saying RIP (rest in peace) and interpreted it as a threat to the flight, according to Puerto Rico&#8217;s Office of Explosives and Public Safety.<br \/>American Airlines flight 1847 was on its scheduled service between San Juan and Dallas, and returned to Puerto Rico shortly after takeoff.<br \/>The airline confirmed the incident in a statement to USA TODAY and said the plane was eventually cleared to depart again after the threat was deemed non-credible.<br \/>&#8220;The flight landed safely at SJU, and law enforcement inspected and cleared the aircraft to re-depart,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;Safety and security are our top priorities and we apologize to our customers for the inconvenience.&#8221;<br \/>In general, it&#8217;s a good idea for travelers to speak out if they have security concerns.<br \/><em>Zach Wichter is a travel reporter and writes the Cruising Altitude column for USA TODAY. He is based in New York and you can reach him at zwichter@usatoday.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxNZTNXMHRZQ0lJdm1hcjJmUkxIVzVhcE8wbkxpOExYTzlUXzZLOFVXQnZsQUQwQXFQVDhsYmFZN3l4R3NHYkMwZkpibU83bjczY1NrVmZMdWpxTkV6eFhyZFhvd0hqeVdoUnhXOE1EZHFMR2tMd2lZUk0yYU5ub3FqWFhLREMxam5URHJSejgweFdlZzdVdlItU1hZSDJQajlNSXdBNWVTUDlRLW1qcUZENFltM3ZZU0h2?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An American Airlines passenger snooping on one of their seat neighbors forced the flight to return to San Juan after reporting a potential security concern based on an overseen text message.Local news outlet Primera Hora reported that one passenger saw another receive a text message saying RIP (rest in peace) and interpreted it as a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":155846,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}