29.11.2011 01:05 Uhr, Quelle: The Unofficial Apple Weblog

iPhone 4 battery combusts on Aussie flight

Well, this is awkward. Just over a month after I locked horns with Australia Post and called its restrictions on shipping electronic devices with integrated lithium batteries "arbitrary and idiotic," because "Millions of travelers fly with iPhones every year. NONE of them explode," guess what happened? No really, go on, guess. Yes, an iPhone 4 had its battery spontaneously combust in mid-flight, and if that wasn't ironic enough by itself, it also happened on a flight over Australia. The device started emitting smoke and a red glow, but quick reactions from flight attendants extinguished the burgeoning bonfire before it

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