Woman Badly Burnt After Her Headphones Exploded On Flight To Melbourne

A woman has been badly burnt after headphones she was wearing exploded during a flight to Melbourne.

Shocking images show the woman’s face, lips and hand burnt and smeared with soot from the device.

The passenger was listening to music on her flight from Beijing to Melbourne when she fell asleep. Around two hours into the flight, she was woken by a loud explosion, according to a statement from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB).

“As I went to turn around I felt burning on my face,” she said.

“I 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.

“As 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.”

The battery and cover were both melted and stuck to the floor of the aircraft.

Passengers were subjected to the smell of burning plastic, burnt electronics and burnt hair for the remainder of the flight.

“People were coughing and choking the entire way home,” the woman said.

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