Passengers noticed smoke in the cabin and notified crew members, who discovered it was coming from a Samsung Note 2 in the overhead bins and extinguished the fire.
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In a news release, Indi-Go said some passengers on its flight 6E-054 from Singapore noticed smoke and smell in the cabin and alerted the cabin crew.
The phone, which was kept in the overhead bin, started emitting smoke, following which the air crew staff had to use a fire extinguisher to prevent any further damage.
The report comes even as Samsung is reeling from a global recall of its premium smartphone – Galaxy Note 7, due to reports of battery fire.
A Samsung Note 2 phone emitted smoke and sparks on a flight from Singapore to southern India, the airline said.
Samsung in its response stated that their team is aware of this situation, and that the company is in touch with relevant authorities to get more information.
It has also called Samsung representatives to its office in New Delhi on Monday.
The tech giant rolled out the new Note 7 here on August 19, but halted sales and conducted a global recall earlier this month following reports of some of the devices catching fire while being charged. Earlier this month, the DGCA banned use of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on board an aircraft following a series of incidents of the smartphones battery exploding in various countries. Just today, the company reported it had successfully shipped 500,000 good Note 7 units in the US.
After the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, it is time for its predecessors to come into limelight.
The plane, however, made a safe landing at the Chennai airport after fire extinguishers were used on board to douse the fire. Although, no harm was done and the flight reached it’s destination safely, Samsung phones seem to be under scrutiny.
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The phone will be examined to determine the cause of the incident, the airline said. Samsung is probably hoping that’s the case since its brand probably won’t be able to survive yet another disaster on the scale of what’s been happening with the Note 7.
