Canberra - Australian authorities have warned about the dangers of using battery-powered devices on flights after a woman's headphones caught fire. The woman was dozing on a flight from Beijing to Melbourne when she was woken by the sound of an explosion. She tore the headphones off to find them sparking, catching fire and beginning to melt. The explosion and fire left her with a blackened face and blisters on her hands. The passenger, who has not been named, told the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) she was listening to music when the explosion occurred. "I just grabbed my face which caused the headphones to go around my neck. I continued to feel burning so I grabbed them off and threw them on the floor. They were sparking and had small amounts of fire." Members of the flight crew rushed to help and eventually put out the fire by pouring a bucket of water on the headphones. By that time, the battery and the plastic cover had melted and stuck to the floor. "For the remainder of the flight, passengers endured the smell of melted plastic, burnt electronics and burnt hair," the ATSB said in its report. The report did not mention the brand of headphones, but said it believed that a fault with a lithium-ion batteries was the likely cause.(FA)
Australia warns against exploding headphones
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