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Title: Exploding headphones on flight
Post by: sevenlayermuddle on March 15, 2017, 08:56:48 AM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39275826  :o

"Most likely" caused by a lithium-ion battery, they say.

Must confess I do have a cheap set of noise-cancelling headphones that I take on flights, and I wear them even when trying to sleep as they reduce a lot of unwelcome engine roar and cabin noise.  But mine are powered by a single disposable AAA which, I like to think, is a little bit less volatile than the lithium ion family, and would do a lot less damage even if things went wrong.

Title: Re: Exploding headphones on flight
Post by: burakkucat on March 15, 2017, 06:32:59 PM

 ???  :o

Title: Re: Exploding headphones on flight
Post by: Chrysalis on March 17, 2017, 01:44:30 AM

A odd amount of the occurrences seems to be on flights tho, I wonder if they more prone to exploding when under low air pressure, even tho cabin's are pressurised they still not the same air pressure as been on the ground.