{"id":15702,"date":"2017-03-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/government-issues-warning-to-aussie-air-passengers\/"},"modified":"2017-03-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T00:00:00","slug":"government-issues-warning-to-aussie-air-passengers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/government-issues-warning-to-aussie-air-passengers\/","title":{"rendered":"Government issues WARNING to Aussie air passengers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The Australian Government has issued a warning to air passengers after a woman\u2019s headphones exploded in the middle of a recent flight.<\/h3>\n<p>Two hours into a flight from Beijing to Melbourne the woman\u2019s battery-operated headphones caught fire.<\/p>\n<p>Photos released by the Transport Safety Bureau show the woman covered in black soot and with blisters on her hand:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"366\" width=\"650\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/battery_explodes_0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"428\" width=\"662\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/battery_explodes2.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I went to turn around I felt burning on my face,\u201d the woman said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I went to stamp my foot on them the flight attendants were already there with a bucket of water to pour on them. They put them into the bucket at the rear of the plane,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atsb.gov.au\/newsroom\/news-items\/2017\/battery-explosion-mid-flight\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Safety Bureau reminds passengers<\/a> using battery-powered devices that:<br><br \/>\n\t\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;batteries should be kept in an approved stowage, unless in use<br><br \/>\n\t\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;spare batteries must be in your carry-on baggage NOT checked baggage<br><br \/>\n\t\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;if a passenger\u2019s smart phone or other device has fallen into the seat gap, locate their device before moving powered seats<br><br \/>\n\t\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;if a passenger cannot locate their device, they should refrain from moving their seat and immediately contact a cabin crew member.<\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/port-adelaide-releases-new-indigenous-jumper\"><strong>PORT ADELAIDE PUBLISH PIC OF THEIR NEW JUMPER &#8212; SEE IT HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/david-and-will-retain-number-1-commercial-breakfast-show\"><strong>GREAT NEWS FOR THE FIVEAA BREAKFAST SHOW WITH DAVID AND WILL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian Government has issued a warning to air passengers after a woman\u2019s headphones exploded in the middle of a recent flight. Two hours into a flight from Beijing to Melbourne the woman\u2019s battery-operated headphones caught fire. Photos released by the Transport Safety Bureau show the woman covered in black soot and with blisters on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15703,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-15702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Government issues WARNING to Aussie air passengers - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/government-issues-warning-to-aussie-air-passengers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Government issues WARNING to Aussie air passengers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Australian Government has issued a warning to air passengers after a woman\u2019s headphones exploded in the middle of a recent flight. 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