iPhone 4 Explodes Midflight on Australian Airline

[marmar]

Apple’s iPhones are always among the hottest gadgets of any holiday shopping season, but for one passenger on an Australian flight, the phone was too hot to handle — literally.

While on Australian flight Regional Express ZL319 Friday, a passenger’s iPhone 4 (not the iPhone 4S, which is Apple’s latest model) suddenly started “emitting a significant amount of dense smoke, accompanied by a red glow,” according to a Regional Express statement.

The plane, which was flying from Lismore to Sydney, was in the midst of landing when the incident occured. “In accordance with company standard safety procedures, the flight attendant carried out recovery actions immediately, and the red glow was extinguished successfully,” according to Regional Express’ statement.

After landing, the iPhone was handed over to officials at the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. There’s no official word yet on what caused the phone to combust. .............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://gma.yahoo.com/iphone-4-explodes-midflight-australian-airline-224014583.html

[sharp_stick]

1. Somebody said to SIRI

I've been flying for hours, I'm so sick of this shit, I want to land NOW! and SIRI complied.

[sibelian]

2. iBoom.

effing macs... Pah!

[Lance_Boyle]

3. 'explodes' is a bit hyperbolic

The iPeen in question heated to the point of turning red, and it emitted smoke. It did not in any sense of the word "explode," nor did it "catch fire," which is the other headline I've seen today on this story.

[MineralMan]

4. Sound like it overheated, not exploded.

Words are important. Today's rechargeable batteries can overheat and get very hot under certain conditions. A direct short circuit is one of those. Apparently, though, this one didn't actually explode. That's a significant difference, I think.

[NightWatcher]

5. Angry Birds is fun, but you've got to walk away every few hours for a break...

Or...

Why didn't he just download the Don't Explode On Me app?

[Broderick]

10. LOL

[Codeine]

6. Methinks the writer needs to look up the word "explode" in a dictionary. nt

[whistler162]

8. Also the concept of mid-flight since the airplane was

landing at the time.

[emulatorloo]

9. Lol n/t

[MADem]

7. Was it an iPhone or an iBomb? nt

[Broderick]

11. WTF???

Are writers this dense? Headline so doesn't match the story.