The FAA said it was issuing the advisory “in light of recent incidents and concerns raised by Samsung” about its Galaxy Note 7 devices. For those wondering why, it is because of a battery issue with the phone which last we heard, was causing quite a few explosions, so safe to say it isn’t exactly safe.
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Federal Aviation Administration considers banning Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 handset outright from passenger aircraft, three airlines in Australia-Qantas, Jetstar, and Virgin Australia-have made a decision to continue letting the potentially explosive gadget on board, so long as passengers don’t use or charge them during flight.
Qantas, its budget unit Jetstar and Virgin Australia 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.
Samsung has suspended all pre-orders of the Galaxy Note 7 in South Africa, the company has told MyBroadband.
For those of you who are still holding onto your device, you should definitely consider returning it.
Passengers weren’t banned from taking the phones onboard, considering that incidents only occurred when the handsets were charging.
Samsung Australia said in a statement that it had liaised with Qantas and Virgin Australia following the recall. Samsung agreed to cover the damages.
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Owners of the phone in Canada can exchange a recalled device for a new one of the same model. This is a very unfortunate problem for Samsung to be facing right now, since they were riding on the momentum of good sales from their previously released flagship devices, the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge.
