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FrozenGate by Avery

Australia probe into iPhone 'fire' on plane






I have heard of lap tops doing this in the airport, I suspect it's the Lipo cell in the phone just like in the lap top.
 
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Definitely just the LiPo cell in the phone. It probably expanded slightly in the air due to the lower pressure, and when they landed again, the battery shrunk back down & shorted itself out.

One of the downsides to LiPo, less resistant to things like that because of their thin foil casing. On the other hand, they can't explode in foil.
 
^^ I doubt that , Millions of people have iPhones and take them on planes, if that was the case, this would be happening 100's of times a day.

Its more likely just a technical fault with the phone.
 
I agree with you ped !
He is right, i have traveled with my iPhone 3G & 4 more than 20 times
and nothing happened.

Jim
 
I my fathers 3G and after a year we both (me and my dad)
buyed the iPhone 4.

Jim
 
I my fathers 3G and after a year we both (me and my dad)
buyed the iPhone 4.

Jim
 
XRazer said:
Australian air safety officials have launched an investigation after an airline passenger's Apple iPhone apparently caught fire during a flight.:wtf:

LINK-BBC News - Australia probe into iPhone 'fire' on plane
Click to expand...

I heard that a few iPhones were built for Apple by WL...
maybe it was one of those....:whistle::eg:

I thought that high altitude airplanes had a pressurized
passenger cabine due to the low pressure outside the
plane...:thinking:


Jerry
(10700-411-365920
 
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lasersbee said:
I thought that high altitude airplanes had a pressurized
passenger cabine due to the low pressure outside the
plane...:thinking:


Jerry
(10700-411-365920
Click to expand...

Yep - on average the cabin of a high flying commercial jet is pressurised to 8000ft. (a tradeoff between passenger comfort and structural strength).

Now I bet the aussie government is going to ban i-phones :(
 
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