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I just flew UK to Spain this week an no one even mentioned Galaxy. Note 7. Nothing but the standard "phoned must be off or in airplane mode"

• kbart 10y ago
  Because that's what the sane approach is. The odds of Galaxy Note 7 is going in flames are very very small, this happening during these few hours when on plane, makes it even more smaller by few orders of magnitude. That's why in my parent post I suspected hidden agenda by direct competitors, not that there's real hazard. We accept bigger risks every day and don't make big deal of them.
  • simonh 10y ago
    And yet it already actually happened[1], within a few days of the device's re-launch after the first recall. [1] http://gizmodo.com/galaxy-note-7-explodes-during-boarding-of-a-southwest-f-1787447287 http://gizmodo.com/galaxy-note-7-explodes-during-boarding-of...
  • bArray 10y ago
    I doubt there's an agenda to push Apple products but the sane approach is just to insist all phones are switched off as you say. If we're completely honest, with little effort any LiPo can be turned into a threat. Puncture a sufficiently large LiPo, throw it in the toilet bin and go back to your seat. With a phone, laptop and camera - all with spare batteries it's conceivable that you could cause some serious damage. It's impossible to remove all risks on an aircraft - they will always be there. It would be better to have better handling - i.e. a large fire proof bag and a bucket of sand. Inevitably this will end up happening regardless of what checks they put in place. Fire extinguishers simply don't cut it with LiPos and I doubt their staff even know that.
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• RBerenguel 10y ago
  I fly UK-Spain (and back) twice a month. In October and November, there were specific alerts about Galaxy Note 7s (you had to give them to the crew that would put them somewhere IIRC, I didn't pay much attention). In my last flight (December) it was only generic for all phones.
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