The original micro machine motion sensor, technically known as an accelerometer, was introduced for air-bag deployment in 1991.

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Among Toyota's 11 largest suppliers, for instance, are three separate air-bag makers.

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Traditional air-bag systems mounted in the car's steering wheel and elsewhere use a hot gas to rapidly inflate the bag during a crash.

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Toyota said it had received five reports of air-bag problems, three in the U.S. and two in Japan, but there have been no injuries.

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The Ministry of Defence said the 2m-long (6.5ft) device was raised from the seabed by a four-man Royal Navy team using a specially designed mine-lifting air-bag.

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They had to make sure the space created between the Zoom Air bag and the mid-sole allowed compression and deflection of the Zoom bag.

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The UK remains the only country to operate a one-bag rule for air passengers.

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Firefighters turned on a portable heater to keep her warm in near-freezing temperatures while they dropped an air bag into the opening to slightly spread the walls.

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Duda's grounder down the first-base line with runners on second and third hit the bag and caromed straight up in the air.

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