The iPhone of a passenger bursts into flames during a flight from Bellingham, Washington to Hawaii on board Alaska Airlines flight 807. College sophomore Anna Crail was watching a movie during the flight when her iPhone 6 started shooting 8-inch flames about 90 minutes before landing in Honolulu.
A spokesperson from Alaska Air said the fire was extinguished quickly by the flight attendants who were trained to handle such situations on board. The incident did not result in any injuries or damage to property and the Boeing 737 continued to fly toward Honolulu.
"When it started I thought we were going down," said Crail, who flipped off her iPhone 6 onto the ground. The unit went under another seat and flames continued to get higher that people started standing up.
However, the airline has yet to determine how the fire started in the course of its ongoing investigation. The Federal Aviation Administration is also investigating the iPhone incident.
In December 2015, a man from Atlanta lost part of his pants when his iPhone burst caught fire while in his pocket. The man from Atlanta was busy loading up his car at the Home Depot parking lot when he felt a burning sensation. He soon noticed smoke coming up from the front pockets of his pants.
After stripping off his pants, he found that his iPhone 6 Plus was burning. The incident burned off almost the entire whole pocket of his pants, his boxers and almost burned his leg. Apart from being half naked in a parking lot, he did not sustain any physical injuries.
While in November 2015, another Apple product got the heat. Jãrgen Mouritzen said that his Apple Watch burned his left wrist. He said the smartwatch started to glow and soon, it was burning so hot that it singed his left wrist as well as his finger when he tried to get the gadget off.
Mouritzen was at a meeting for his flying club when the whole ordeal took place. He claimed that he was able to smell his flesh burning.
Finally, Erik Johnson from Long Island, New York said his iPhone 5C exploded while in his pants pocket. His inner thigh suffered second and third degree burns that left him hospitalized for more than a week. Johnson was at a wake on Valentine's Day when the ordeal happened.
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