Friday, September 09, 2016 5:11:03 PM
[The airlines must be scared for our safety. How can we all use that sexy technology now? How can we access our e-wallet to pay for services? I guess we may have to stay with the safer and more reliable technology - the good old credit card. I will.]
Gosh - they are all doing it now
Qantas, Jetstar, Virgin Australia and Tiger Airways have banned passengers from using or charging Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones on planes over concerns their batteries could explode or catch fire.
The airlines have introduced the ban following Samsung's recall of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, which was launched in August.
Qantas on Thursday banned passengers charging Galaxy Note7s on all flights.
A spokesperson on Friday said the airline was also asking owners of the phone not to switch it on in-flight.
A Virgin spokesperson said: "Following Samsung's product recall announcement, Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices may not be used or charged on board Virgin Australia flights."
Jetstar is a wholly owned subsidiary of Qantas while Tiger is a subsidiary of Virgin Australia.
Samsung Australia on Monday recalled 51,060 Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, after its parent company found some of the batteries have exploded or caught fire. It subsequently stopped all sales of the Galaxy Note 7 and is offering customers replacements.
The South Korean tech giant has said there were 35 instances of Note 7s catching fire or exploding as of September 1. Two of these were in Australia, including one in Perth where a man's phone was scorched as he slept in his hotel room.
Samsung has sold about 2.5 million Note 7s around the world, with an estimated one in 42,000 units at risk of having a faulty battery.
The move by the Australian airlines comes as the US Federal Aviation Administration "strongly" advised plane passengers not to use Galaxy Note 7s and recommended against charging the devices on-board or stowing them in checked baggage. In a statement on its website overnight, the FAA said its advice came "in light of recent incidents and concerns raised by Samsung" about the phones.
The advisory was in keeping with the FAA's past statements. It has documented hundreds of cases involving batteries from e-cigarettes, laptops, digital cameras, cellphones, electric bicycles, flashlights, GPS trackers, drones and even a cordless drill catching fire or overheating on passenger planes.
The recall comes at a devastating time for Samsung, as rival Apple launches its new iPhone.
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