US govt bans Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones on flights

US govt bans Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones on flights

Passengers and flight crews will be banned from bringing Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smart phones on airline flights under an emergency order issued Friday by the Department of Transportation in response to reports of the phones catching fire.

The order, which goes into effect on Saturday at noon EDT, says the phones may not be carried on board or packed in checked bags on flights to and from the United States or within the country. The phones also can’t be shipped as air cargo.

The department initially said that passengers attempting to board planes with the phones might face fines, but later clarified that such passengers will simply not be allowed on planes. Passengers who try to evade the ban by packing the phone in their checked luggage may be subject to criminal prosecution in addition to fines. Packing the phones in checked luggage increases the risk of a “catastrophic incident,” the department said.

Passengers who are currently travailing with Samsung Galaxy Note7 phones should contact Samsung or their wireless carrier immediately to obtain information about how to return their phones and arrange for a refund or a replacement phone, the department said.

Samsung has recalled more than 2.5 million of the smart phones, citing a battery manufacturing error. The South Korean company discontinued the product earlier this week, less than two months after its August release.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission says there have been nearly 100 reports of batteries in Note 7 phones overheating in the US. One fire erupted on a Southwest Airlines flight earlier this month. In another case, a family in St. Petersburg, Florida, reported Galaxy Note 7 phone left charging in their Jeep caught fire, destroying the vehicle.

The Federal Aviation Administration had previously warned passengers not to pack the phones in their checked bags and to power them off and not charge them while on board planes.

 

“We recognize that banning these phones from airlines will inconvenience some passengers, but the safety of all those aboard an aircraft must take priority,” said Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. “We are taking this additional step because even one fire incident in flight poses a high risk of severe personal injury and puts many lives at risk.”

Samsung said in a statement that it is working with the department to make customers aware of the ban. The company also urged Note 7 customers to get a refund or exchange their phones by visiting their wireless carrier or retail store. Samsung has a website and a phone number, 1-844-365-6197, for customers with questions.

The Note 7 isn’t the only gadget to catch fire thanks to lithium-battery problems, which have afflicted everything from laptops to Tesla cars to Boeing’s 787 jetliner. At least three US airlines are adding new fire-suppression equipment to fleets in case a cellphone or laptop battery overheats, catches on fire and can’t be extinguished.

Rechargeable lithium batteries are more susceptible to overheating than other types of batteries if they are exposed to high temperatures, are damaged or have manufacturing flaws. Once overheating starts, it can lead to “thermal runaway” in which temperatures continue escalating to very high levels. Water can extinguish the flames, but doesn’t always halt the thermal runaway. Flames will often reappear after initially being quenched.

Lithium batteries are ubiquitous in consumer electronic devices. Manufacturers like them because they weigh less and pack considerably more energy into the same space than other types of batteries.

Earlier this year, the International Civil Aviation Organization, a UN agency that sets global aviation safety standards, banned bulk shipments of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries as cargo on passenger planes until better packaging can be developed to prevent a fire from spreading and potentially destroying the plane.

Samsung returns their model samsung note 7 and deactivating to recalled its

Samsung returns their model samsung note 7 and deactivating to recalled its

People know about their purchased model Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 when it recalled and it is clear that this is all one big mistake over in this model. Earlier not in all model but Between not doing in all things when officially with the CPSC and more units exploding. Samsung is in big trouble when recall all note 7 models all over the world. After recall note 7 ,in user’s mind ‘what the company does”, with the CPSC’s involvement or not, there are not more mistake placed in this model but one massive obstacle to face with user.

Already we have seen several people through online and saying that they won’t send back the phone, but in some cases, they may not have the option and recover its device. According to a Reddit user in France, Samsung is essentially forcing customers to exchange their devices in future one.

While this exchanging only applies to first in France , it seems that Samsung is just shipping customers to a brand new exchange offer, non-explosive Galaxy Note 7 in which color user already buy. 

In that same situation, Samsung is also recall in a Gear VR headset and that will allow customers to send back, defective unit free of charge with exchange offer.

the most interesting part of this defective model process is what Samsung has planned with any defective units and that pending in customer’s hands. A part from, now in this situation Samsung decided to planned remotely deactivate any recalled Note 7 unit which is best process implement by samsung and its starting on September 30th. 

While some customers disagree about this, but I honestly thinking that this is a great process to handle the situation and its easy process to exchange my defective model. By wasting a time on defetive model and deactivating the old one and if customer doesn’t return it, Samsung ensures that we will not charge for any kind of damage of harm in defetive model. 

But What Happened?

On the 31st of August 2016, Samsung confirmed with Reuters and that they were delaying shipments of the Galaxy Note 7. They suggested that shipments had been delayed for “quality control testing,” by team and then shipments are in top three mobile carriers in South Korea had been stopped. Not long after that, Samsung issued a statement to the world – as earlier follows.

I thinks people expected to talk about it

“This is absolutely ridiculous from Samsung. What if the model burn, defective archetypal are abuse for users and set blaze to your home and annihilate everyone. because Samsung absitively to barter a abnormal agenda 7 which they manufactured? For ex. When there is a anamnesis on a car , it doesn't amount who awash it to who”. The anamnesis administer to the VIN and who anytime own it is advantaged for a fix. This is just crazy. Hope no one dies due to Samsung apathy for aegis of buzz owners.’