A streamer was first “swatted” on a passenger plane. A bomb threat prompted the FBI to respond. The streamer was banned from Twitch after the incident.
According to Heatstreet, Twitch streamer Ice Poseidon was escorted off the plane by FBI agents during a flight from Phoenix to Los Angeles and interrogated for several hours. He was later released as innocent.
Apparently, Ice Poseidon is the latest victim of so-called “swatting.” In this extremely dangerous situation, individuals call the police and provide false information, causing a specialized police unit (S.W.A.T.) to respond expecting to encounter a highly explosive situation: often these are supposed hostage situations, involving life and death stakes.
The streamer and his family are at risk. Usually, a streamer is overwhelmed at his home by a police team.
This is the first time such an event has occurred on a plane.
Bomb Threat Against Passenger Plane
Someone apparently alerted the police about Ice Poseidon having a bomb. In response, the FBI arrived.
The situation takes on an absurd twist because the streamer had revealed to his viewers the exact gate and terminal number while waiting for the flight.
Even then, he had a dark premonition. He said: “I don’t know if it’s a good idea to tell you this. But what can you do?”
The streamer was banned from Twitch after the incident. It’s still unclear what the exact reasons are. It might be that Twitch accuses him of provoking the incident for attention.
Twitch is now likely under pressure after this incident. The “plane swatting” made it to national US television news.
The streamer later expressed suspicion that the person who did this to him had done it before and was part of the “Lizard Squad” group. The group has experience with such things: The former president of Sony Online Entertainment, John Smedley, was also removed from a plane due to a false bomb threat.
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