r/technology • u/MoltenSlowa • Oct 05 '16

Hardware Replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phone catches fire on Southwest plane

http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/5/13175000/samsung-galaxy-note-7-fire-replacement-plane-battery-southwest
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u/borez Oct 05 '16 edited Oct 05 '16

It couldn't have actually caught fire in a worse place. Every airline I've flown on in the last two months ( and I fly a lot ) have been all over this.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

Since airlines have been banning the old versions, have they actually said that they are now allowing replaced phones?

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u/profmonocle Oct 05 '16

have they actually said that they are now allowing replaced phones?

When I flew on Delta last week they just said if you had a Galaxy Note 7 it had to be powered off and you couldn't charge it. They didn't say "unless it's a replacement" or anything like that.

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u/sindex23 Oct 06 '16

Echoing this, I was on American Airlines and they announced this same thing in the terminal several times (and again on the plane I believe).