Pictures of cans damaged by heat are circulating in Facebook groups dedicated to Southwest employees. (Image: Facebook) Southwest Airlines has reported a series of soda can explosions aboard airplanes ...

A routine part of the job for Southwest Airlines flight attendants is turning into a dangerous mess as a searing summer heat and the airline’s beverage management practices have made soda cans ...

The sweltering summer heat has caused an unexpected problem for flight attendants: exploding soda cans. More than a dozen have been injured.

MICHAEL Betts says a can of Coke he left in his car set off a loud bang he claims could have killed him and his family. “It sounded like a gunshot went off,” Mr Betts, 41, a father of four, told ...