“U.S. aviation safety officials took the extraordinary step late Thursday of warning airline passengers not to turn on or charge a new-model Samsung smartphone during flights following numerous reports of the devices catching fire,” Joan Lowy reports for The Associated Press.
“”The Federal Aviation Administration also warned passengers not to put the Galaxy Note 7 phones in their checked bags, citing ‘recent incidents and concerns raised by Samsung’ about the devices,” Lowy reports. “It is extremely unusual for the FAA to warn passengers about a specific product.”
“Last week, Samsung ordered a global recall of the jumbo phones after its investigation of explosion reports found the rechargeable lithium batteries were at fault,” Lowy reports. “In one case, a family in St. Petersburg, Florida, reported a Galaxy Note 7 phone left charging in their Jeep caught fire, destroying the vehicle.”
MacDailyNews Take: Not to mention the house in Georgia, the hotel room in Perth, and dozens of other potentially deadly incidents in countries around the world. Imagine one of these Samsung POSes exploding in-flight!
Rushing to beat Apple’s iPhone 7 and 7 Plus to market doesn’t seem like such a great idea now, does it?
“Australian airline companies were among the first to take measures. Qantas has asked passengers not to switch the Note 7 devices on and not to charge them during flights, its spokeswoman Sharna Rhys-Jones said,” Lowy reports. “Media reports said other Australian airlines took a similar step, including Jetstar Airways and Virgin Australia.”
I just saw the FAA ban on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and BBC America. This is real, and it is getting actual attention. Please get more! Next is the nightly news, and the daily show doing a segment on it, and John Oliver, and Stephen Colbert, and everyone else. Please please please…. please please please… this is just getting started.
What about the stores selling these Samsung phones? Don’t they have stacks of boxes of them? What happens when it triggers a chain reaction explosion and destroys an entire store or hurts customers?
“In light of recent incidents and concerns raised by Samsung about its Galaxy Note 7 devices, the Federal Aviation Administration strongly advises passengers not to turn on or charge these devices on board aircraft and not to stow them in any checked baggage.”
The consumer product safety commission just issued a national warning for people to stop using their note 7’s…. damn. This must be really bad. And the fact that I got a CNN, AP, and BBC alert about it is kind of amazing.
What I don’t understand — actually, I suddenly do realise why the bullies aren’t here on this thread calling me names for thinking Apple is in any way good. They had me feeling dirty, unworthy. I wanted to abandon Apple websites and sell my Apple iPhone, and buy a Galaxy Note 7 so that people would leave me alone. I only wanted to belong, to be accepted. And now this. I have no friends.
On our flight yesterday, the attendant specifically came on and said use of Samsung Note 7 was strictly prohibited while on the plane (& it had to be OFF during flight), and also that charging it was prohibited as well.
And on the same flight, we were delayed almost an hour due to “technical problems” with the tablets they use for the navigation books, etc. after we landed, the pilot again apologized for the delay, and said if anyone wanted to buy a used Microsoft Surface 3, he’d give you a really good price on it.
The whole thing sounded like a free ad for Apple. Thanks, ScamScum and MicroSloth!! 🙂
Delta flight, BTW.On our flight yesterday, the attendant specifically came on and said use of Samsung Note 7 was strictly prohibited while on the plane (& it had to be OFF during flight), and also that charging it was prohibited as well.
And on the same flight, we were delayed almost an hour due to “technical problems” with the tablets they use for the navigation books, etc. after we landed, the pilot again apologized for the delay, and said if anyone wanted to buy a used Microsoft Surface 3, he’d give you a really good price on it.
The whole thing sounded like a free ad for Apple. Thanks, ScamScum and MicroSloth!! 🙂
Funny pics!
So can we assume those picts were NOT taken with a Galaxy Note 7?
I just saw the FAA ban on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and BBC America. This is real, and it is getting actual attention. Please get more! Next is the nightly news, and the daily show doing a segment on it, and John Oliver, and Stephen Colbert, and everyone else. Please please please…. please please please… this is just getting started.
What about the stores selling these Samsung phones? Don’t they have stacks of boxes of them? What happens when it triggers a chain reaction explosion and destroys an entire store or hurts customers?
They only explode while charging.
Expect more delays at the security checkpoints as now TSA will have to check everybody’s phones physically. Glad I do not fly hardly ever.
“In light of recent incidents and concerns raised by Samsung about its Galaxy Note 7 devices, the Federal Aviation Administration strongly advises passengers not to turn on or charge these devices on board aircraft and not to stow them in any checked baggage.”
ONLY the NOTE 7.
The consumer product safety commission just issued a national warning for people to stop using their note 7’s…. damn. This must be really bad. And the fact that I got a CNN, AP, and BBC alert about it is kind of amazing.
*evil*laugh*
Aftermath…
What I don’t understand — actually, I suddenly do realise why the bullies aren’t here on this thread calling me names for thinking Apple is in any way good. They had me feeling dirty, unworthy. I wanted to abandon Apple websites and sell my Apple iPhone, and buy a Galaxy Note 7 so that people would leave me alone. I only wanted to belong, to be accepted. And now this. I have no friends.
On our flight yesterday, the attendant specifically came on and said use of Samsung Note 7 was strictly prohibited while on the plane (& it had to be OFF during flight), and also that charging it was prohibited as well.
And on the same flight, we were delayed almost an hour due to “technical problems” with the tablets they use for the navigation books, etc. after we landed, the pilot again apologized for the delay, and said if anyone wanted to buy a used Microsoft Surface 3, he’d give you a really good price on it.
The whole thing sounded like a free ad for Apple. Thanks, ScamScum and MicroSloth!! 🙂
Delta flight, BTW.On our flight yesterday, the attendant specifically came on and said use of Samsung Note 7 was strictly prohibited while on the plane (& it had to be OFF during flight), and also that charging it was prohibited as well.
And on the same flight, we were delayed almost an hour due to “technical problems” with the tablets they use for the navigation books, etc. after we landed, the pilot again apologized for the delay, and said if anyone wanted to buy a used Microsoft Surface 3, he’d give you a really good price on it.
The whole thing sounded like a free ad for Apple. Thanks, ScamScum and MicroSloth!! 🙂