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Ipod Nano Catches Man's Pants on Fire at Atlanta Airport

wsbtv.com — Man carrying a previous-gen Ipod Nano in his pants pocket looked down to realize there were "...flames coming up to [his] chest."

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  • inactive, on 10/22/2007, -2/+192UPDATE: RIAA claims the man was listening to a pirated version of Disco Inferno.
  • ZandorMonkeyBoy, on 10/10/2007, -2/+82I'm surprised airport security didn't arrest him for being a terrorist.
  • JamesG, on 10/10/2007, -2/+73I'm glad he wasn't shot.
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+55Great now the TSA will ban iPod's.
  • ripe, on 10/10/2007, -0/+42I like how the iPod catches on him on fire and he's still all for getting a replacement from Apple. Now that's brand loyalty.
  • turpenine, on 10/10/2007, -1/+39liar liar pants on fire.
  • thermus, on 10/10/2007, -10/+45Fake story. Everyone knows a "previous-gen Ipod"'s battery would be dead by now.
  • ferrariman60, on 10/10/2007, -2/+36Or Tazed.
  • ryancalderoni, on 10/10/2007, -2/+28he thinks the paper saved him, but maybe the paper was a catalyst?
  • Billions, on 10/10/2007, -5/+31Is this something that can be added to the Zune2 in a firmware upgrade?
  • russelbutt, on 10/10/2007, -4/+28FTA
    "After Channel 2 sent Apple pictures of the iPod, they called back but they refused to say how common the problem is. In fact, Apple refused to talk about this particular incident at all."

    is that a cover up i smell? oh wait.. that's just your pants burning, nevermind.
  • EmmSee, on 10/22/2007, -3/+26HOT PANTS!
  • indiefan, on 10/10/2007, -2/+25wow, good thing he had a piece of paper to save him from the fire.
  • Bhima, on 10/10/2007, -1/+20They have a policy about tazing everyone whose pants are on fire.
  • TheMidnight, on 10/10/2007, -4/+22Goodness gracious, my balls are on fire!
  • g33kfu, on 10/10/2007, -4/+19Burn me once... Burn me once shame on you. Burn me twice... Well.. You can't get burned again.
  • Feasoron, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15The writing in this article is atrocious. Is it impossible to find competent journalists these days?
  • thermus, on 10/10/2007, -3/+18“It could have happened when we were sleeping, it could have happened when he was driving and the outcome could have been much worse.”

    Thank god it happened while he was swimming.
  • terrenceisdaman, on 10/10/2007, -5/+19Insert liar, liar jokes here...
  • Otto, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12Next time you get on an airplane, bring a lighter, sneak into the bathroom, and light it. Not to set off anything, of course, but observe the flame. Seems smaller, eh?

    Aircraft are generally only pressurized to 8000-10000 feet equivalent. This means less oxygen for a fire to react with. It's not really enough so most people would notice though, although it will put some people to sleep.

    This also means that a lithium ion battery rupturing in your luggage will be much better contained and a much smaller fire in general. Enough to set off smoke alarms and allow the plane to land.
  • MonkeyFarts, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14Well I think this just goes to show that iPods are hot products these days.
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10any cop why even thinks about tazing a potential suicide bomber is a freaking retard.
  • nova912, on 10/10/2007, -3/+13Worst String Of Comments Ever!
  • streak, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Sit on a nano, rupture the battery encasement, expose the lithium inside to oxygen, and burn your nano ass.
  • techsmack, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Good thing it didn't happen on the plane. iPods would surely be banned then.
  • xoineg, on 10/10/2007, -3/+12TERRORIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • legion, on 10/10/2007, -6/+15Yes genius, Im sure he was able to listen to an ipod run through a washing machine. Quit defending apple, poorly made Lith ion batteries do this.
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11Ouch
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11I guess he was using a firewire sync cable...

    /bad joke
  • turpenine, on 10/10/2007, -3/+11Umm, apple doesn't talk about anything. I think this is more commonly "apple declined comment" but they spun it to sound worse.
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10Wow, did you think that up all by yourself? I love it when people say something ***** retarded, and then put lol after it as if to tell people that they're laughing so please laugh also.
  • subscriber, on 10/10/2007, -3/+10Apple wants the old burned iPod back -- they sure as hell don't want it falling into the hands of someone who can examine it and maybe determine there was a flaw in its construction.
  • nephari, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9Or maybe so they can look at it and try to prevent future incidents? 9_9
  • AdHaR, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Thank goodness! At least your laptop won't end up the same way as that nano, in flames that is.
  • spz104, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9"I'm still kind of freaked out that after only a year and a half my iPod caught fire in my pocket," said Williams.

    If it had been after three years, then he could have accepted a portable music player catching him on fire.
    Imagine if he was filling the jet with fuel, or like any of us, filling up the car with gas.
  • wageslaven, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Man, that god it wasnt Evian(TM) Brand Mineral Water! Or, Coca-Cola(TM) Classic!
  • jxfallout, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9Previous-gen Ipod? If it starting on fire doesn't indicate upgrade/update, I don't know what does!
  • ripe, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9Glossy paper doesn't burn (well). Ever try to use it as kindling?
  • DarkDx, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9fail
  • mtxe, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9his pocket has a black mark but no hole (or at least not any I could see) yet he claims it had flames up to his chest.

  • moracity, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8It's Atlanta, what do you expect? We have the worst schools in the nation.
  • Zyphron, on 10/10/2007, -5/+11Pics or it didnt happen.
  • legion, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8Well, if paper plus ipod equals fire, thats a problem, you see I keep paper in my pocket sometimes. I know its wierd, Ive heard rumors of others having paper scraps in their pockets too.
  • patience, on 10/10/2007, -6/+12A nano burned his nano.
  • Asno667, on 10/10/2007, -7/+13Apple supports terrorism and this is a sure sign, lol
  • juicebag, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7No, that's stupidity.
  • turpenine, on 10/10/2007, -4/+10Funny, I thought it was just you.
  • thomashauk, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Umm, if this was a major problem then wouldn't there be hundreds of similar articles on digg?
    That aren't dupes I mean.
  • MassiveTaTas, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7I'll bet we find out he was lighting farts.
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