Here's another thing to worry about: Getting burnt by exploding headphones

A passenger warning has been issued after a woman's headphone batteries appear to have exploded on a flight from Beijing to Melbourne.


"As I went to turn around I felt burning on my face. I just grabbed my face which caused the headphones to go around my neck," she said. "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."

Although the dramatic pictures show soot on her face, the woman's worst injury were blisters on her hand. She required no medical attention.

She tried to stamp the small fire out with her foot, and flight attendants doused the fire with a bucket of water. Eventually, the battery and cover melted and stuck to the aircraft floor. Other passengers coughed "the entire way home," she added, thanks to the smell of melted plastic and burnt hair.

Exploding batteries in consumer products are, unfortunately, nothing new — see dozens of exploding hoverboards, not to mention Samsung and its flammable Galaxy Note7 debacle in 2016.

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