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iPhone Auto-Combusts On Australian Airplane

Posted by timothy on from the shield-your-iballs dept.

First time accepted submitter thegreymonkey writes "Last Friday, an iPhone caught fire on flight ZL319 operating from Lismore to Sydney. This incident is under investigation from Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). This accident might be related to the iPhone battery again." Whether it "caught fire" may be a matter of semantics; as reported in the above linked story and by Network World (hat tip to reader alphadogg), though, the iPhone "started glowing red and emitting dense smoke."

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  1. Glowing red and emitting smoke? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds more like a job for an exorcist. I banish thee, Steve!

    1. Re:Glowing red and emitting smoke? by dkleinsc · · Score: 4, Funny

      The power of Woz compels you!

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      I am officially gone from /. Long live http://www.soylentnews.com/
  2. A feature? by pjabardo · · Score: 5, Funny

    It is an iPhone therefore it is a feature.

    1. Re:A feature? by jo_ham · · Score: 5, Funny

      Samsung are apparently hosing down crates of Galaxy II S 's with gasoline trying to copy the feature as we speak.

  3. Re:From XKCD to life?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't want to start a "TSA is a bunch of idiots" thread but I'm honestly surprised that this hasn't happened more often.

    I somehow doubt the TSA was involved in any way, shape, or form for a domestic Australian flight. At all... call it a hunch.

  4. Obviously... by techishly · · Score: 5, Funny

    they were holding it wrong.

  5. That's what you get by thePowerOfGrayskull · · Score: 4, Funny

    the iPhone "started glowing red and emitting dense smoke.

    That's what you get for installing the antichrist app. Idiot.

  6. Re:Wait till the TSA hears about this by Pi1grim · · Score: 4, Funny

    Then we will just have to wait for one of those mysterious self-combustions on the plane. Then people will be prohibited by TSA on planes as well.

  7. Thought Experiment? by Greyfox · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hell with that! I want to see it on Mythbusters!

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    I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?

  8. Re:Car DVD PLayer by Xest · · Score: 4, Funny

    "You just don't realize how explosive your consumer electronics can be when they go bad."

    This isn't about consumer electronics going bad, this is about your testimony against the boss.

    We'll get you next time!