The japanese ministry of Transport has decided to ban the smartphones Galaxy Note 7 Samsung, which present a risk of explosion, in all aircraft departing from or arriving in Japan, while many asian companies have taken similar initiatives.
in Early September, the japanese authorities had already recommended that passengers do not turn on their Note 7. Now, they won’t be able to carry on them or in their luggage in the hold or in the cabin, according to the injunctions of the government to the airlines, has indicated Monday to AFP a spokesman of the ministry.
ANA Holdings and Japan Airlines (JAL), are immediately executed, informing their clients of these new instructions on their website. “We will ask for all passengers (the bearer of a Note (7), denied boarding, or we will confiscate his phone, we will act on a case-by-case basis”, explained a representative of JAL.
The number of people affected, however, should be limited in the archipelago, where the Note 7 has not been traded.
Two months after the launch of the device in the world, the giant south Korean Samsung has stopped the last week of production and sales because of defects that can cause an explosion. He also called on all owners of this “phablet” (intermediate model between the smartphone and the tablet) immediately cease to use it.
The United States had taken the Saturday a ban against the Note 7, the dissenters were exposed to the confiscation of their devices, as well as to fines or even prosecution.
In the wake of this, several airlines in asia had decided to completely banish the Galaxy Note 7 of their aircraft.
Singapore Airlines has warned on its account Facebook that “any person in possession of the device does not have the right to board”. Ditto for the companies in the philippines, Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific Air, malaysia AirAsia, indonesian Garuda, or even the taiwanese China Airlines and EVA Air.
Ban also carry the smartphone to the departure or the arrival of the Hong Kong international airport, as well as on board Cathay Pacific and almost all of the chinese companies.
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