Two days ago, the families of the victims of a Egypt plane crash sued Apple Corp., saying that the crash was caused by the overheating of the iPhone.
On May 19, 2016, Egypt Aero Flight MS804 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, killing all 66 crew members and passengers on board. Although no distress signal was received at the time of the accident, automatic transmission data from the aircraft showed that the bathroom was in front of the aircraft. The signs of smoke have been found in the electronic equipment trough below the cockpit.
Later, the wreckage of the aircraft also confirmed the statement of smoke, and showed that the front of the aircraft had serious fire damage. So far, the cause of the fire has not been determined. However, it has been speculated that it may have been caused by an explosion. , that is, a driver placed his iPad mini and iPhone 6S in the electronic equipment slot under the cockpit.
But a professional editor of "Flight International" magazine stated that this possibility is not great. First of all, pilots will not place items on the dashboard because items will drop because of vibrations during take-off and landing. Importantly, the alarm data also shows that smoke alarms have also been issued in the toilets and under the floor. How does the fire spread to below? Obviously unreasonable.
However, according to the report of TMZ, a US entertainment news website, an investigation report showed that the iPhone was overheated and caused fire, which caused the entire cockpit to catch fire and finally caused the plane to crash.
In response, Apple issued a statement to several websites in May last year, denying this claim.
