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The Max Headroom signal hijacking (also known as the Max Headroom incident) was a hijacking of the television signals of two stations in Chicago, Illinois, on November 22, 1987, that briefly sent a pirate broadcast of an unidentified person wearing a Max Headroom mask and costume to thousands of home viewers. [1] [2] [3] [4]
On the night of November 22, 1987, an unidentified man wearing a Max Headroom mask appeared on the signals of two television stations in Chicago, Illinois. WGN-TV, owned by Tribune Broadcasting, was hijacked first. The intrusion occurred during the sports report on its 9:00 p.m. newscast and lasted about 25 seconds.
Max Headroom debuted in April 1985 on Channel 4 in the British-made cyberpunk TV movie Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future, his origin story. In the movie, Edison Carter (portrayed by Frewer) is a journalist fleeing enemies into a parking garage, crashing his motorcycle through the entrance barrier reading "Max. headroom 2.3 metres" - UK ...
One such incident happened in November 1987, when Chicago stations WGN and WTTW had their transmissions briefly interrupted by a man in a Max Headroom mask. [39] The jamming did not appear to affect HBO's pricing policies in the long-term.
The incident appears to be unrelated to the earlier disasters, which led to the 737 Max being grounded worldwide from March 2019 to December 2020, aviation expert John Strickland told BBC News.
On the night of 22 November 1987, a broadcast of the first part of Horror of Fang Rock by Chicago television station WTTW was interrupted for around 90 seconds by a pirate broadcast featuring an unknown individual, who was disguised as the television character Max Headroom. The incident made national headlines, [13] [dead link ] however the ...
Outgoing US transport chief says Boeing has more to do after 737 MAX incident. David Shepardson. January 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM. By David Shepardson.
The NTSB says in this latest incident, the 737 Max 8 was delivered from Boeing to United Airlines in February 2023. The NTSB says the servo in question was disabled by United Airlines, but cold ...