JaccoW t1_is9qvld wrote on October 14, 2022 at 10:08 AM

Reply to comment by d31t0 in TIL the first confirmed victim of Takata airbags was 18y/o Parham. As she drove around a car park, she lightly bumped another vehicle making the airbag inflate, sending metal pieces at such tremendous force that one hit the teen’s neck slicing open her carotid artery. She bled to death in her seat by ahm713

Maybe but the issue was that moisture got inside the inflator, making it unstable and explode when activated.

Tamariniak t1_isa5z6e wrote on October 14, 2022 at 12:45 PM

That's what the article says it was. Also supposedly exploded with an unaccounted-for amount of force, shredding the metal canister and flinging the shreds out at the person's face.