Indian government has issued a public notice prohibiting the use of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 mobile phone onboard.
According to media reports, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) chief B S Bhullar has said that flyers will not be allowed to carry their Galaxy Note 7 handset in hand bags. Moreover, the passengers will have to keep their handsets switched off during the entire duration of flight, added DGCA.
The move came after US aviation safety regulator Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) advised passengers not to turn on or charge their Samsung new Galaxy Note 7 smartphones during flights.
The Federal Aviation Administration said it “strongly advises passengers not to turn on or charge these devices on board aircraft, and not to stow them in any checked baggage.”
Samsung said a week ago that it was halting sales of the Note 7 and would recall 2.5 million devices in 10 countries, including South Korea and the US. The company will replace them with new Note 7 phones.
Samsung was responding to dozens of complaints from customers that their phones had caught fire while charging. It said it had investigated the issue and found a problem with the batteries in a small number of Note 7 devices.
The embarrassing announcement came just two weeks after the flagship phone's release and days ahead of the unveiling of rival Apple's iPhone 7.
