Passengers and flight crews in the US will be banned from bringing
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones on airline flights under an emergency
order issued by the Department of Transportation in response to reports
of the phones catching fire.
The order issued yesterday, which goes into effect today at noon EDT,
says the phones may not be carried on board or packed in checked bags on
flights to and from the United States or within the country. The phones
also can’t be shipped as air cargo.
Passengers caught attempting to travel with the phones will have the
phones confiscated and may face fines, the department said.
Samsung has recalled more than 2.5 million of the smartphones, citing a
battery manufacturing error. The South Korean company discontinued the
product earlier this week, less than two months after its August 2016
The Consumer Product Safety Commission says there have been nearly 100
reports of batteries in Note 7 phones overheating in the US. One fire
erupted on a Southwest Airlines flight earlier this month.
In another case, a family in St. Petersburg, Florida, reported a Galaxy
Note 7 phone left charging in their Jeep caught fire, destroying the
vehicle
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