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Strikes me as a desperate attempt to save face and explain away the most plausible explanation - that one of their pilots committed an atrocity.
by EricE 4y ago
Strikes me as a desperate attempt to save face and explain away the most plausible explanation - that one of their pilots committed an atrocity.
- jjeaff 4y agoConsidering lithium batteries have been known to combust in an impressive firestorm, it definitely seems worth trying to rule out. But the fruit being involved does seem implausible.
- eternalban 4y ago> it definitely seems worth trying to rule out. But the fruit being involved does seem implausible. The other day learned about farmers drying hay before stacking it, because (who would even imagine this?) it turns out stacks of hay can catch fire if there is too much moister in them, due to a biological chemical reaction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_combustion#Hay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_combustion#Hay
- madaxe_again 4y ago[flagged]