Reports of Samsung Note 7’s battery catching fire initially prompted the company to recall the devices. After exchanging the devices, Samsung claimed that the replaced devices were safe to use. However, Samsung was forced to officially scrap off its Note 7 project after reports that the replaced phones too, were catching fire.
Since then numerous regulators and airlines have imposed restrictions on the device and some have even banned the carriage of the device on flights.
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) recently issued guidelines on the matter enacting a ban on the carriage of the device. Many regulations have followed similar footsteps ever since.
For instance, Japan’s transport ministry called for a complete ban on all Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices from airplanes. The same was carried out by a South Korean airline, Asiana.
Korean Air, on the other hand required Note 7 users to turn off their phones in flight and store the devices in their luggage.
Australian airlines Qantas and Virgin Australia too have imposed total ban on the devices. Other airlines include Singapore Airlines, Air New Zealand, Hong Kong Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Dragonair, Emirates, AirAsia, Hong Kong Express and Etihad Airways.
Taiwan’s China Airlines and EVA Air have also banned the smartphones. According to several reports, European airlines like Berlin Air, Finnair and Alitalia also imposed a ban on the Samsung Note 7 smartphones.
In fact, according to a report by Times of India, all flights operated by the AirAsia group including AirAsia India, AirAsia Malaysia, AirAsia Thailand, AirAsia Indonesia, AirAsia Philippines, Thai AirAsia X, Indonesia AirAsia X will also be following similar norms from October 17 onward.
