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Explosion Reported at Foxconn's iPad Production Plant in Chengdu, China [Updated]

drewyboy said:
Corporate espionage happens. To think it doesn't is being naive. This probably isn't it because it normally doesn't happen on this kind of manor, but it does happen.
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Espionage? What's that even potentially got to do with an explosion? Are you confusing espionage with terrorism? Espionage is 'spying' and by its very definition is discreet, it's nothing to do with blowing things up!
 
drewyboy said:
Corporate espionage happens. To think it doesn't is being naive. This probably isn't it because it normally doesn't happen on this kind of manor, but it does happen.
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I'd like to hear more about corporate espionage from the guy who doesn't know the difference between "manor" and "manner."
 
iDemiurge said:
I'd sell it to you at a higher price and donate the money to the victims dude.

Without hypocrisy here. We all know that work conditions in China factories aren't the greatest, and we buy their gadgets anyway. But when people get killed or permanently disabled it's a totally different level.
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I wouldnt buy it at a higher price dude.
 
Lesser Evets said:
Like a flour mill explosion perhaps? I am curious about what they use to create such an explosion: you'd think manufacturing such a product wouldn't have explosives, just flammables. That's horrible.
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I find that curious myself, reports are still coming in though, so maybe that will be explained further... I personally thought some worker purposely planned this. Since the employees were in "transition" from work. Then the report about it possible being another explosion, sounds to random imo. But hey whatever the real story is, it's sad that people have been killed and injured due to this.
 
This will raise questions again about working conditions and safety at Foxconn.
 
So, do you think this was an accident, or disgruntled employee? I'd hate to think someone could do this instead of just quitting and walking away.
 
"It is obviously unclear at this point just how much of an effect the incident may have on Foxconn's iPad production capabilities."

C'mon man, seriously?

Even some of the worst news outlets out there have the decency to put LIVES before gadgets.
 
Engadget says Sina Tech is now reporting two deaths and sixteen injured people with three in critical condition. Whoa.
 
dreamworks21 said:
Amen, brother. I think it was the 2002-dead Osama Bin Laden in collusion with the non-US citizen Barack Obama. Oh yeah, and they worked with the same people who helped make 9/11 an inside job.
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These guys have been at it since the 1969 faked moon landing.

Seriously -- there is no conspiracies to be had. This is not some form of corporate espionage unless Google has adopted a "just be evil" slogan and is taking it to the next level.

What I want to know is if this was the criminal work of some disgruntled worker or if the manufacturing process of an iPad 2 involves materials that are so explosive and volatile. I am sure there are chemicals used in the manufacturing process that are flammable/hazardous and must be handled with care, but I never would have thought it would be to the degree that would cause such an explosion. I'm no expert in the manufacturing of microelectronics, so sorry if I seem naive about that (I am).
 
iDisk said:
Read my post at the top... Unfortunately their are deaths

Read my post at the top... Unfortunately their are deaths
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Read post #47. There might be deaths, but that was probably unknown at the time the article was written.

The top?:confused: Not for me. It depends on how forum options are set (posts per page). You're on the first page for me.
 
Lesser Evets said:
Like a flour mill explosion perhaps? I am curious about what they use to create such an explosion: you'd think manufacturing such a product wouldn't have explosives, just flammables. That's horrible.
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Flour by itself isn't explosive or even highly flammable. But as you yourself pointed out, enough fine flour dust can cause an explosion. Flour only becomes explosive when it's mixed with enough oxygen to create an environment that can sustain a chain reaction, which is what you get when you have a lot of flour dust suspended in the air in an enclosed space.

I'm sure there are plenty of materials in the Foxconn plants that have similar properties. Aluminum dust, titanium dust, etc. are all explosive as well in similar ways to flour.
 
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