A Galaxy Note 7 certified “safe” by Samsung caught fire on a plane – BFMTV.COM

The galley Galaxy Note 7 does not seem to be complete for Samsung. Wednesday, October 5, the owner of a recent copy of this smartphone has caught fire aboard an aircraft at the departure airport Louisville (Kentucky). Problem: this is the replacement model, which is supposed not to know of the battery problem that forced Samsung to recall 2.5 million Galaxy Note 7 passed until then.

It is the regional channel Wave 3 who first reported the facts. While the company Boeing 737 Southwest Airlines in the direction of Baltimore (Maryland) was parked at the boarding gate, the passengers were attended to smoke, only 10 minutes before departure time. “I was sitting at the front of the plane and I noticed an employee of the company that dated back to the hallway, stating that there was smoke in the plane,” said Misty Whitaker questioned by the chain. The plane is then logically evacuated without any injuries being reported.

Little doubt as to the origin of the product

Found by the american site The Verge, Brian Green, owner of the Galaxy Note 7 confirms the facts. It had turned off its Galaxy Note 7 loaded to 80%, at the request of the crew – and as requested by the airlines for several weeks. He put it in his pocket, and quickly noticed that smoke was starting to come out. He was then thrown to the ground and saw a “thick smoke gray and green” out of its smartphone.

Brian Green has provided the site, the photo of the box to support, that its Galaxy Note 7 was indeed a model presented to be secure by Samsung. It had been purchased on the 21st of

September, in a shop of the operator AT&T. It had a black square on the label of the box and a logo of battery green, two characteristics that confirm well according to Samsung it is the second version of the smartphone. The number EMEI, checked on the online tool of Samsung, has also confirmed that it was indeed a copy secure.

Samsung wants to examine the device before you decide

A spokesman for Samsung has finally expressed from Engadget: “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”.

If the information is confirmed, this would be a new blow to Samsung. A second reminder of the copies considered “safe” would be expensive to the manufacturer, as well as to the logistics of its brand image already severely tarnished. The first exchange had been valued at $ 1 billion for the brand.