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THE IRISH AVIATION Authority has urged passengers to take care when travelling with the new Samsung Galaxy Note 7.
The new device has experienced a number of issues relating to overheating battery packs.
Some users reported how their device caught fire whilst charging. Others said the phone exploded in front of them.
Samsung had recalled all devices last month to try and fix the problem.
However, the same incidents were being reported with the re-released devices.
The IAA today released a passenger safety notice which said travellers should refrain from charging the devices or stowing them in any checked luggage.
It read: “In light of recent incidents and concerns raised by Samsung about its Galaxy Note 7 devices, the Irish Aviation Authority strongly advises passengers to power down and refrain from charging these devices on board aircraft.
“Passengers are also asked not to stow them in any checked-in baggage.
This applies to all Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices, including recalled and replacement devices.
Samsung slashed its latest quarterly profit estimate by one third in the wake of a highly damaging recall crisis that ended with the scrapping of its latest flagship smartphone.
In the first indication of just how much the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco might end up costing the world’s largest smartphone maker, Samsung revised its operating forecast for the third quarter to $4.6 billion, compared to the $6.9 billion it announced just last week.
The revelation came after close of trade Wednesday which saw Samsung’s share price fall 0.7%, following an 8% plunge the day before.
With additional reporting by AFP.
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These are little mini bombs waiting in your pocket or in your hand to go off. I certainly would not like to see anyone with a Samsung note on board a plane
@Alan Scott: Please, it’s a Note 7 not the other ‘Note’ Phones
So
The other Note phones are safe, it’s only the 7 they’re warning against.
Jeez they’re on the ball,this has only been going on about a month or two were they on holidays or something
I was on a Aer Lingus flight a week and a half ago, and passengers were told if they had the note 7 to leave it powered off for the flight. Just saying.
They should be banned from planes surely?
Nothing at all wrong with this pho
Very few comments on here ,guess it’s because it is a Samsung if it had been an Apple phone bet the journal servers would have crashed.Oh by the way my iPhone six plus is going really well great product as usual from Apple.
Lithium ion batteries are inherently unstable and prone to a condition called “thermal runaway” which does exactly what it says on the tin.
A 747 cargo plane was brought down in the US when its cargo of batteries went critical. The crew were killed. There have also been fires on the latest 777 from its own onboard system batteries of the same type.
@David, the battery system issue concerned the B787, which resulted in the grounding of all 50 B787s (at the time) and the grounding lasted for a period of time. It had nothing to do with the B777, though there has been a number of fire incidences with the B777 cockpit and MEC areas over the years.
I think you need mean an US registered B747F that crashed shortly after take off from Dubai.
Was in the US last week and the 4 flights I got had a separate safety warning that all note7′s had to be powered off at all times and not allowed in the cargo hold
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/A_world_wide_ban_on_illegal_Chemtrail_spraying/?wfRIadb This is also straight from the very concerned body of ex footballers IAA.
The IAA advisory is a follow on from the FAA’s directive to airlines.
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