Man killed after phone explosion

[madinmaryland]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- An exploding mobile phone battery apparently killed a South Korean man in the first such known case in this gadget-obsessed country, police say.

The man, identified only by his family name Suh, was found dead at his workplace in a quarry Wednesday morning and his mobile phone battery was melted in his shirt pocket, a police official in Cheongwon, 135 kilometers (85 miles) south of Seoul, told The Associated Press.

"We presume that the cell phone battery exploded," the police official said on condition of anonymity.

The official said the phone was made by South Korea's LG Electronics, the world's fifth-biggest handset maker.

LG Electronics confirmed its product was involved in the accident but said such a battery explosion and death was virtually impossible.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/28/phone.explosion.ap/index.html

:wow:

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Yikes indeed!

[meegbear]

2. Maybe it was the Mossad

In 1996, Mossad assassinated the "Engineer," a notorious Hamas bomb designer, by wiring his cell phone with explosives.

[lost-in-nj]

3. WOW

This has spy thriller written all over it.....


scary stuff......
LG is pretty huge.... hope the batteries aren't deficient but they would be recalled if needed......
maybe just a fluke???

lost

[MrScorpio]

4. It was S.P.E.C.T.R.E.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPECTRE

Sounds like a job for 007!

[Parche]

5. And It was a wrong number anyway

:shrug: :shrug: :hi:

[CreekDog]

6. That's one hell of a ringtone n/t

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. If only they could be rigged to do that in restaurants, theaters, and stores.

[madinmaryland]

8. Bingo!!