Samsung Galaxy Note 7 no go in flight

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Airlines and airports are beginning to crack down on explosive Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones, with airlines now verbally warning passengers not to use on the plane.

Travel Weekly reporter Kate Webster just returned to Australia on a Scoot flight from Singapore where the airline verbally warned all passengers with a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phone to power off the device for the entire duration of the flight.

Over the past few weeks, warnings have been issued about the danger of the phone, after passengers reported that their Note 7s are exploding.

Samsung has stopped selling the phone and initiated a “product exchange program,” that would allow customers to return their potential phone bombs. Samsung was criticized for not issuing an official recall, but now says that it is working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The latest statement from the company states “We are asking users to power down their Galaxy Note7s and exchange them now.”

The FAA has issued a warning to passengers in which it strongly advised them to not turn on or charge the phone during a flight. Airlines like Emirates, Scandinavian Airlines, Virgin Australia, Singapore Airlines and more are already banning use of the phone in flight.

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