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spontaneously combusts aboard flight in Australia via BGR: The Three
Biggest Letters In Tech by Zach Epstein on 11/28/11
An Apple iPhone spontaneously began smoking and emitting a red glow
while aboard an airplane in Australia. Passengers aboard Regional
Express flight ZL319 were welcomed to their destination in Sydney,
Australia on Friday by a frightening ordeal. According to the airline,
a passenger's iPhone began "emitting a significant amount of dense
smoke" shortly after the flight landed, and the smoke was accompanied
by a red glow. A flight attendant extinguished the device and no
passengers or airline staff were injured according to the airline. The
phone in question appears to be an iPhone 4 (pictured above) as opposed
to the new iPhone 4S model, and it has been collected by the Australian
Transport Safety Bureau as part of its investigation. Regional Express'
full press release follows below.
MEDIA RELEASE MOBILE PHONE SELF COMBUSTION
Regional Express (Rex) flight ZL319 operating from Lismore to Sydney
today had an occurrence after landing, when a passenger's mobile phone
started emitting a significant amount of dense smoke accompanied by a
red glow.
In accordance with company standard safety procedures, the Flight
Attendant carried out recovery actions immediately and the red glow was
extinguished successfully.
All passengers and crew on board were unharmed.
The matter has been reported to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau
(ATSB) as well as the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) for
investigation and directions.
The mobile phone in question appears to be an Apple iPhone (see picture
below) and has been handed over to ATSB for analysis.
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