Throwing things out of anger is never a smart move , but it can also head to more serious consequence . particularly when you ’re at an airport and what you ’re hurling at the earth is an explosion - prone lithium shelling .
This week , a man traveling to the UK have a scene at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul , Turkey , when he furiously threw his mobile major power bank , which are banned on flights between the country . According tothe airport ’s prescribed Twitter account , the man “ declined ” to give up his power bank and began to argue with the airdrome employees at the gate before “ crash[ing ] the item on a hard surface . ”
The minor explosion caused smoke to sate the logic gate ’s lobby , but there were no reported combat injury , AFP reports .
Small explosion and fire at Gate 710 ( US difference ) at Ataturk airport , Istanbul . I was 10 MB away from it.pic.twitter.com/Y3uLN8l6jg
— Greg Luck ( @gregrluck)July 6 , 2017
The UK ’s electronics Bachelor of Arts in Nursing follow a similar one the US bring on flights from several Muslim - majority state in March , which waslifted for Turkish flightson Wednesday . The UK has yet to follow . Homeland Security foreman John Kellyhas antecedently saidthe ban was put in place as a surety measure against detected threat concerning bomb disguised as electronic devices .
That obviously was n’t the showcase here . But let this serve as a admonisher that everything with alithium - base rechargeable batteryhas the potency to abound into fire . We ’ve seen this with the infamous “ hoverboards,”Samsung Galaxy Note 7,vapes , Fitbits , and evenfidget spinners .
[ Istanbul Airport viaTwitterviaMashable ]
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