Passenger's Headphones Explode on Beijing to Melbourne Flight

LBobomonster on 15/03/2017 - 15:59

Good afternoon everyone! Just wondering if you guys have seen this news.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/safety-warn…

It says that "A spokesman for the ATSB declined to reveal the brand of the headphones, saying all batteries are potentially risky."

Hopefully my QC25 won't explode on me one day. :'(

Electrical & Electronics

Comments

  • redfox1200 on 15/03/2017 - 16:08
    +7

    earlier that day….."hey listen to my new song it will blow your mind"

    • Gunther on 15/03/2017 - 16:44
      +3

      Dubstep for sure.

      • foxmulder on 16/03/2017 - 01:24

        Monstercat!

  • altomic on 15/03/2017 - 16:45
    +1

    Wow, mind blown!

  • The Wololo Wombat on 15/03/2017 - 16:55
    +3

    I didn't realise Samsung made headphones?

  • Randxyz123 on 15/03/2017 - 18:37
    +2

    "A spokesman for the ATSB declined to reveal the brand of the headphones, saying all batteries are potentially risky."

    I find this to be bullshit. Why wouldn't they reveal the name?

    It's one thing if a pair of shitty knock off no name headphones with a dodgy battery exploded.

    It's another if a global well known brand used by millions has dodgy batteries. We have a right to know the brand…

    Hopefully my QC25 won't explode on me one day. :'(

    Don't you mean QC35? QC25 has a removable user replaceable AAA….

    • RockyRaccoon on 16/03/2017 - 06:31

      Why shouldn't we know whatever brand it is

      • knock off or well known.

      Either is dangerous

    • BobbyD2500 on 16/03/2017 - 09:17

      I'm guessing they didn't reveal the brand because the ATSB only does "no-blame" investigations.

      • alvian on 16/03/2017 - 12:55
        +1

        A spokesman for the ATSB declined to reveal the brand of the headphones, saying all batteries are potentially risky.

        (An aeroplane has crashed, killing all on board.)
        A spokesman for the ATSB declined to reveal the airline and the brand of the aeroplane, saying all flights are potentially risky.

    • Bobomonster on 16/03/2017 - 11:56

      Yeah, mine's the older QC25. The one that the lady used is a "battery-operated headphones" as mentioned so I thought it might be something similar to mine.

  • [Deactivated] on 15/03/2017 - 19:10

    How have the headphones been treated beforehand?
    Remember this?
    'I fell on a rock and my phone exploded, someone else's fault'

  • ChillBro on 15/03/2017 - 19:24

    Since she was leaving Beijing, I suspect the headphones had a dodgy brand.

  • havebeerbelywillsumo on 15/03/2017 - 20:02

    Gives a whole new meaning to boom boom shake de room.

  • aoeueoa on 15/03/2017 - 22:58

    I just feel really bad about her eyes. They look the worst. I think she's going to see everything in squares from now on.

  • furys12 on 16/03/2017 - 09:13

    man the sooner that old battery genius who made l'ion batteries gets his new safer version out the better

  • [Deactivated] on 16/03/2017 - 09:29

    i heard they were QSEEFIRTYFYS

  • thord on 16/03/2017 - 12:30

    "Explode" is likely shitty journalism at work. From the photos and description sounds like it just smoked and melted. Still bad, but not sensational like a freaking explosion.

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