IBM ThinkPad explodes at LAX
Dell and Apple notebook batteries are not the only ones hit. Now an IBM ThinkPad seems to be the latest victim. It cause quite a scene at the busy LAX.
So we’re waiting for a flight in the United lounge at LAX, the flight next to ours was heading to London and in the middle of final boarding, when suddenly this guy comes running the wrong way up the jetway, pushing other boarding passengers out of the way, he quickly drops his laptop on the floor and the thing immediately flares up like a giant firework for about 15 seconds, then catches fire. About a hundred other people in the lounge jumped up and began a mix of gawking and general panic, I clearly heard a few fleeing individuals saying something about terrorists. The fire burned for a minute while everybody just stared at it, then another flare up, this one much larger than the first, drove a larger group of gawkers away. Eventually, the high intensity flaring calmed down and a larger fire kicked in, all the while letting off a thick cloud of white smoke that was slowly filling the terminal. Finally, an employee came over with a fire extinguisher and put it out of its misery.
Where I can check if my Thinkpad batteries have this problem? I am worried that these are the same Sony batteries that others have recalled. Where is the Thinkpad recall?
You can check with IBM. Do let me know if you get any details, so I can inform others. Thanks
this look pretty fake. wehre ya get the news?
That’s a reverse image.
http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/thinkpad-explodes-at-lax-ignites-bomb-scare/
thanks for the link