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Nov 28, 2007, 04:37 PM
 
Freaky Huh?

Exploding cell phone battery may have killed South Korean man: officials - International Herald Tribune

Exploding cell phone battery may have killed South Korean man: officials

The Associated Press
Wednesday, November 28, 2007

SEOUL, South Korea: An exploding cell phone battery may have killed a South Korean man, police said Wednesday, although the phone's manufacturer said it was highly unlikely.

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 because the investigation was still under way.

Kim Hoon, a doctor who examined the body, said the death was probably caused by an explosion of the battery.

"He sustained an injury that is similar to a burn in the left chest and his ribs and spine were broken," Yonhap news agency quoted Kim as saying.

"It is presumed that pressure caused by the explosion damaged his heart and lungs, leading to his death," it quoted him as saying.

Kim was not immediately available for comment.

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

An LG official confirmed its product was involved in the accident but said the company would not comment directly on the accident because the cause was not confirmed. However, the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to company policy, said such a fatal explosion would be virtually impossible.
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Nov 28, 2007, 04:38 PM
 
Weird technology related deaths seem to happen in Korea.
     
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Nov 28, 2007, 05:08 PM
 
His spine was broken?
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Nov 28, 2007, 05:16 PM
 
"He sustained an injury that is similar to a burn in the left chest and his ribs and spine were broken,"
How about this: The battery overheated and in his panicky jumping around he fell off of his roof.
     
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Nov 28, 2007, 05:25 PM
 
Bullshit. So the exploding phone produced a shock wave large enough to break his spine and yet left his chest tissue intact? A compromised Li battery would produce a hell of alot of thermal heat and not really explode at all.
     
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Nov 28, 2007, 05:52 PM
 
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Nov 28, 2007, 06:02 PM
 
The Cell Phone watched Bloodsport one too many times, did the Death Touch on his chest.
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Nov 28, 2007, 06:07 PM
 
Only in, uhm, Korea

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Nov 28, 2007, 06:41 PM
 
Originally Posted by Laminar View Post
I sense a new episode of Mythbusters coming up.
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Nov 28, 2007, 07:06 PM
 
Better the battery explode there than in the front jeans pocket...
     
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Nov 28, 2007, 10:25 PM
 
I would whole heartedly endorse this if it was a bluetooth headset and it obliterated his entire skull. I don't think that everyone wearing a bluetooth headset should die. I think that one or two people should survive the great bluetooth headset culling to warn others not to use bluetooth headsets.
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Nov 29, 2007, 11:50 AM
 
Are we sure that this Korean gentleman wasn't a Palestinian terrorist of some kind? That's the most likely cause of death by exploding cellphone, I believe.
     
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Nov 29, 2007, 05:02 PM
 
It was all that weird asian dookie p0rn.
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Nov 29, 2007, 05:03 PM
 
Cell phone batteries don't kill people, people kill people.
     
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Nov 30, 2007, 11:15 AM
 
Oh NO it didn't, it was a Hoax / Lie

Exploding Mobile Phone Death A Hoax |Sky News|Technology

"A 33-year-old South Korean quarry worker was found with a burning mobile phone stuck to his chest, and it was thought that the battery on his mobile had exploded, killing him.
The victim's co-worker, Kwon Young-sup, told police and the media that he heard an explosion and found the man's body with the phone still burning.
But Kwon, 58, has now admitted that he made the story up to cover up for an accident.
According to local reports, Kwon had been reversing an excavator and did not see the victim behind his vehicle and pinned him to a rock."

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Nov 30, 2007, 03:17 PM
 
Lies. All lies.

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EDIT: Well, I didn't notice ^^. Whoopsie.

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Nov 30, 2007, 03:19 PM
 
Hahaha, 3 different people posted to debunk the story. Shows how interested we were.
     
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Nov 30, 2007, 03:24 PM
 
I still believe it's true. Unless it's debunked at least 5 times.
     
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Dec 1, 2007, 11:23 PM
 
Originally Posted by Laminar View Post
I still believe it's true. Unless it's debunked at least 5 times.
Just in: the dubunk has been debunked by the debunk.

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Dec 1, 2007, 11:26 PM
 
What a shame. I had so hoped that cell phones were killing people. I thought this was the first wave in the great revolt of the machines. Alas, it is not so.
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