Audio engineering

Leaked audio recording suggests wildfire may have been started by drug addict

A leaked audio recording suggests massive wildfires that ravaged the Mediterranean province of Antalya earlier this month were started by a drug addict in exchange for money, according to investigations carried out by the Manavgat Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.

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Headphone batteries explode on flight to Australia

A woman whose headphones caught fire on a plane suffered burns to her face and hands, Australian officials said March 15, as they warned about the dangers of battery-operated devices in-flight.

The passenger was listening to music on her own battery-operated headphones as she dozed about two hours into the trip from Beijing to Melbourne on Feb. 19 when there was a loud explosion.