A Samsung Galaxy Note 7 supposed to be “safe” catches fire in an aircraft – The Figaro

The model in question, a “certified course”, has started to emit smoke even though it was turned off.

The black series continues for Samsung. Wednesday, October 5, a Galaxy Note 7 has started to let out a “thick smoke gray and green” in an airplane at the departure of Louisville (in Kentucky, in the United States), even though it was turned off. The incident led to the immediate evacuation of the unit. In early September, the Korean company had recalled nearly 2.5 million copies of its new smartphone, whose battery had a risk of explosion, before distributing the new devices.

The phone had caught fire in Louisville is just a part of this new version of the Galaxy Note 7. Its owner, Brian Green, ensures that the u.s. site The Verge, have recovered this model of replacement on the 21st of September in a shop of the operator AT&T. Photo of the box to the support, it shows that the model acquired was presented as safe by Samsung: witness a black square on the label of the box in question, a logo of battery green but also the number EMEI, checked on the online tool Samsung.

Samsung wants to retrieve the device in order to determine the cause of the incident, before taking a decision. Asked by Engadget, a spokesperson for the Korean company explained that “as long as we will not have recovered the device, we can not confirm that this incident involves the new Note 7. We are working with the authorities, and Southwest Airlines to get the camera and confirm the cause. Once we have reviewed we will have more information to share”.

The federal administration aviation (FAA) announced in a press release to have been able to confirm that the Samsung mobile was at the origin of the smoke on the flight the company Southwest, and that it was investigating the incident.

such An event could trigger a second phase of a recall of copies that are deemed hazardous for Samsung. The process is expensive: the cost of the first exchange have been valued at $ 1 billion. It also turns out to be complex. In France, it should go through the Post, which does not accept in its package lithium batteries, in view of the danger represented. Battery just built-in to the Galaxy Note 7.