Original URL: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/09/25/sony_probes_lax_laptop_fire/
Sony has revealed it is investigating the recent self-immolation of a Lenovo ThinkPad T43 at Los Angeles Airport. The fire was apparently caused by the notebook's battery, which may have been a Sony-made component.
As yet, the manufacturer of the battery in the LAX fire - which took place during the weekend of 9-10 September - is not known. Certainly, Lenovo ships some ThinkPads with Sony-made power pack, but has yet to say whether the T43 is one of them or whether the machine had been fitted with a third-party battery.
A Lenovo spokesman last week said the company had "not seen an unusual number of incidents involving its notebooks and Sony's batteries", according to a Cnet report (http://news.com.com/2100-1044_3-6117833.html?part=rss&tag=6117833&subj=news?www.reghardware.co.uk?www.reghardware.co.uk).
Lenovo issued no recall of Sony-made batteries after both Dell and Apple told a total of 5.9m customers to return their laptop power cells for a free replacement. ®
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