Samsung Galaxy Note 7: Owners advised not to use or charge on planes
Airline passengers are warned by US authorities to not switch on or charge their Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones when on board the plane.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) also advised against packing the mobiles into any checked-in luggage.
Samsung recalled the phone after reports emerged of the apparatus bursting during or after charging.
Virgin Australia and Qantas have told customers not to bill or use the phone during flights.
Battery issues
Samsung has said that it was not easy to work out which phones were influenced among those, although that battery difficulties were behind the cellphones catching fire.
The mobile was found and has been normally well-received by consumers and critics.
Some 2.5 million Note 7s have been sent globally.
Samsung has said customers that have already purchased the cellphone will have the ability to swap it for a fresh one and that it would take about two weeks to prepare replacement apparatus.
That is precautionary advice and not understood to be to any event on a plane.
But it does continue the annoyance for Samsung – the Note 7 will eternally be the exploding smartphone, once the company goes through the motions of getting the apparatus remembered.
This really is not the very first time the FAA has warned about the dangers of lithium batteries on flights.
Earlier this season, it urged airlines to assess the risk of carrying lithium batteries as cargo.
And the government also insists that any extra lithium battery be kept with the passenger rather than kept with bags – this is applied though as someone who regularly travels with huge lithium batteries for camera gear, I can tell you.
The US commerce group Airlines for America said it was “closely monitoring” the Note 7 problem and that carriers in the US would make their own ruling over the usage of the cellphone on board.
“Each individual carrier makes conclusions, in compliance with FAA safety rules and regulations, as to what is permitted to be carried on board and in the cargo hold,” an Airlines for America spokesperson said in a statement.
