You would think so, at the same time we live in a world where the £80 million Louvre heist was made possible by the fact that their surveillance system's password was "Louvre" [0].

[0] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/louvre-secur...

I completely agree from a logical perspective. However if the plane blew up and it came out that some passengers had posted online that there was a “bomb” blue tooth device and they didn’t turn around… the court of public opinion would be pretty harsh. This was more or less their only choice from a liability perspective.

Bomb threats are a thing.

What makes it serious to me going all the way back to New York instead of the closest airport in a situation believed being risky ...