
More toy helicopter tragedy.
First, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has put the kibosh on another toy helicopter because of exploding battery problems. The Chinese-made batteries in Hobbico Inc's Electrifly helicopter kits due to problems with the batteries melting, bursting into flames, and causing property damage.
On a sadder note, a six-year old boy was killed by a toy helicopter in the rural Brazilian city of Altinho in the state of Pernambuco. No word on what model it was, but let's face it, these things are just bad.
2 comments:
Great, I have a neighbor who flies his toy helicopter around in our neighborhood. Need to show him your article.
I keep telling people that it's really a marketing problem. If they just advertised it as an "Exploding Toy Helicopter" all their troubles would be over.
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