They ’re on pretty much every flight now : Handheld cite card proofreader to buy snackies and soda ash . None have explode , yet , but the FAAjust come out particular advisoriesto airline , since they ’re powered by explode - ylithium ionbatteries .
The current pace for widget exploding on planes is about one every four month , says a former NTSB dude . Which is n’t so bad , considering there are million of flight happen in that clock time full point . Still , I have the feeling thisxkcd comicis go to quell risible for the intellect it ’s funny now for like another year , max . [ NYT ]
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