SIA totally bans Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 on all flights

Singapore Airlines (SIA) said on Saturday it has banned Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 mobile phones from all its flights and any passenger carrying one will not be allowed to board its planes.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued an emergency order banning the devices from aircraft in the United States as of Saturday. It is now considered a federal crime to even bring a Galaxy Note 7 onto an airplane, with penalties of up to USD179,933 for each violation. The Federal Aviation Administration issued a new Emergency Restriction / Prohibition Order that restricts passengers from carrying the phone on themselves, carry-on baggage, checked baggage or as cargo. 

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has recalled its flagship Galaxy Note 7 smartphones worldwide because of incidents of the phones emitting smoke or catching fire, dealing a huge blow to the company’s reputation.

Singapore Airlines said on its Facebook page that “the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone will be prohibited from being brought on board all our flights in person, in carry-on baggage or checked-in baggage with effect from 16 October.”

Other international airlines have done the same. German carrier Air Berlin also banned the self-combustible devices on services to and fro the United States, and expects the ban to be applied to all other Lufthansa business. 

The cost of discontinuing their literally lit phones will set Samsung back another $3.1 billion amidst a worldwide recall. Despite rave reviews, customers  quickly discovered that ‘catching fire while charging‘ wasn’t part of its acclaimed features. Even worse, Samsung’s replacement units still continued to catch fire — prompting the company to cease all production permanently. 

 

 Reporting by Saeed Azhar; Editing by Hugh Lawson; Additional reporting by Coconuts Singapore



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