[OSM-talk] GPS gadgets can get you jailed and fined

Laurence Penney lorp at lorp.org
Sun Aug 30 20:34:07 BST 2009


On a plane from Paris to Boston, a guy left a GPS gadget on his seat  
armrest when he went to the loo. (We've all done this, haven't we?)  
The passengers get scared, they tell the air hostesses, the plane is  
diverted, the guy's arrested, he spends days in jail and is fined US 
$32,000!

http://timescorrespondents.typepad.com/charles_bremner/2009/08/frenchman-scares-american-airlines-with-pocket-gadget-.html

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