A Broken PlayStation Caused An Airport To Evacuate

We all have that one friend who, somehow, is in possession of the most mangled piece of tech you’ve ever laid eyes upon. Whether that’s a phone so smashed that it looks like it’d fall apart if you breathed on it too hard, or a controller that looks like it got dropped in a hydraulic press at some point. The wild thing is that these things always seem to carry on working way better than they have any right to. If no friend is springing to mind, by the way, that means it’s you. Congratulations.

That said, I have absolutely no idea what state you’d have to get a PlayStation in to have it cause a genuine bomb scare in an airport, but that is a thing that’s actually happened. As reported by The Hill, a bomb disposal team was called to Boston Logan International Airport on Sunday (17 April) afternoon, after concerns were raised about a console in such “degraded condition”, that it was thought it could be dangerous.

We don't know how a PlayStation could have naturally ended up in such a mess that it'd cause a bomb scare, but any which had faced the wrath of these high-powered water jets probably wouldn't fare too well, either - check it out below.

Dave Procopio, a spokesperson for Massachusetts State Police (MSP) told The Hill that Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents had found the “suspicious item” in a passenger’s bag, which was only confirmed to be a PlayStation console after the bomb squad conducted their investigation, which makes me incredibly curious about what it actually looked like. The run-down state was apparently due to a combination of old age and damage.

“The condition of the console caused abnormalities in the image produced when it was x-rayed, prompting the screeners’ concern. During the investigation of the object and secondary sweeps of the area, passengers in Terminal A were evacuated,” Procopio said in a statement.  “During the investigation of the object and secondary sweeps of the area, passengers in Terminal A were evacuated. Troopers gave the all-clear shortly after 5 p.m. and passengers were allowed to re-enter the terminal.”

As you’d imagine, the evacuation caused quite the scare. One passenger, Pam Lovano, told WCVB that “a bunch of people ran out screaming”. Of course, everyone was okay, though. 

It’s not actually been specified which generation PlayStation the “suspicious” console in question was, although with “old-age” apparently being a factor in its degradation, you’d certainly hope it wasn’t a PS5. Please, take care of your poor consoles.