3 Airlines Are Banning Passengers From Using the Samsung Galaxy
Note 7
Three Australian airlines have banned passengers from using or charging
Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Note 7 smartphones during flights due to concerns
over the phone's fire-prone batteries.
Qantas QUBSF 0.00% , its budget unit Jetstar, and Virgin Australia VBHLF
-4.80% said they had not been directed to ban the use of the phone by aviation
authorities, but did so as a precaution following Samsung's recall of the phones
in 10 markets.
Although customers will still be able to bring the phones on flights, the
ban extends to the phones being plugged in to flight entertainment systems where
USB ports are available.
The recall follows reports of the 988,900 won ($885) phone igniting while
charging - an embarrassing blow to Samsung, which prides itself on its
manufacturing prowess and had been banking on the devices to add momentum to a
recovery in its mobile business.
Samsung, the world's biggest smartphone vendor, has sold 2.5 million of the
premium devices so far.
"Following Samsung Australia's recall of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 personal
electronic device we are requesting that passengers who own them do not switch
on or charge them in flight," a Qantas spokesman said in an emailed
statement.
Samsung SSNLF 2.46% Australia said in a statement that it had liaised with
Qantas and Virgin Australia following the recall.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is considering its response
to the Samsung recall and "working on guidance related to this issue," according
to a FAA statement quoted by technology website Gizmodo.
Airlines have previously banned hoverboards from planes due to battery-fire
risks.
In February the International Civil Aviation Organization, a United
Nations' agency, banned lithium-ion batteries from checked luggage following
concerns from pilots and plane makers that they are a fire risk.
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