A United States flight was evacuated prior
to takeoff when a passenger’s Galaxy Note 7 — reportedly a replacement in
Samsung’s global recall — caught fire, landing the company in new controversy.
Samsung has been struggling with a recall of
2.5 million Galaxy Note 7 handsets due to complaints of exploding batteries, a
problem the replacement phones are supposed to fix.
But on Wednesday, a Southwest Airlines
flight leaving Louisville, Kentucky was evacuated after a passenger’s new
Samsung phone began emitting smoke.
Brian Green, the owner, told tech news
website The Verge that the phone was a replacement, which he picked up on
September 21. He also provided a picture of its box, which has a black square
symbol indicating that it was a replacement.
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