Owners of Samsung’s newly released Galaxy Note 7 smartphone might want to take note of this.
Several major Indonesian airlines have banned the problematic Galaxy Note 7 on board their flights following reports of the phone’s faulty and potentially flammable battery.
Indonesia’s flagship carrier Garuda Indonesia followed up on safety warnings about the phone issued by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) by issuing their own limited prohibition of the Note 7 on their flights.
The prohibition also applies to Citilink, which operates under the Garuda group.
Similarly, the Lion Air Group, which includes Lion Air, Batik Air, and Wings Air, as well as the Sriwijaya Air group and Air Asia, all issued the same ban for the Note 7.
The Note 7 has become a rather embarrassing episode for Samsung, with the South Korean electronic giants having to recall an unprecedented 2.5 million of the phones worldwide just two weeks after its release. Investigations showed that the phone’s rechargeable lithium battery were faulty and pose a fire and explosion hazard. Airlines around the world have moved to ban the phone on flights as a safety precaution.
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