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2026-05-04 Science & Technology

Fury as Southwest flight to San Diego is delayed by ROBOT passenger that sat in aisle seat

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-05-04 00:03|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1756 views ] Top

1 Put the bag in the seat, jam the robot into the overhead and end the game of pretend.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-05-04 06:19|| 2026-05-04 06:19|| Front Page Top

2 How could they buy a ticket if the robot has no ID,DOB, and can't go through TSA?

Posted by EMS Artifact 2026-05-04 06:38|| 2026-05-04 06:38|| Front Page Top

3 ...they classified it as an undocumented alien.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-05-04 06:47|| 2026-05-04 06:47|| Front Page Top

4 I've been busted for beer sweat often enough I'm certain the TSA sniffer detected hydrocarbon lubricants.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-05-04 08:36|| 2026-05-04 08:36|| Front Page Top

5 How could they buy a ticket if the robot has no ID,DOB, and can't go through TSA?

Emotional support robot?

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2026-05-04 08:56|| 2026-05-04 08:56|| Front Page Top

6 See, this is what happens when you ground Spirit Airlines.

Posted by Regular joe 2026-05-04 11:19|| 2026-05-04 11:19|| Front Page Top

7 "How could they buy a ticket if the robot has no ID, DOB, and can't go through TSA?"

Asylum Bot

Posted by mossomo 2026-05-04 12:32|| 2026-05-04 12:32|| Front Page Top

8 What I can't understand is, if the battery in the robot is too big to fly, why did they let it on the plane to begin with? Anybody else would have been required to get off.

Posted by ed in texas 2026-05-04 15:28|| 2026-05-04 15:28|| Front Page Top

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