With Samsung throwing in the towel with the Galaxy Note7 – halting production of the product, and issuing a full recall – the US Department of Transport has updated its travel advice regarding this flaming product.
(Yet they’re still plugging them in Target)
If you own or possess a Samsung Galaxy Note7, the device may not be transported up on their person, in carry-on baggage, or in checked baggage on flights to, from, or within the United States.
Devices cannot be shipped as air cargo either to escape this ban .
The ban will be effective on Saturday, October 15, 2016, at noon Eastern Time.
Transportation Secretary Anthony Fox states:
“We recognize that banning these phones from airlines will inconvenience some passengers, but the safety of all those aboard an aircraft must take priority,”
“We are taking this additional step because even one fire incident inflight poses a high risk of severe personal injury and puts many lives at risk.”
The Galaxy Note7 has been recalled twice in the USA – on 15th September and 13th October 2016. Samsung halted production and sale of the devices on the 11th October.
If you own one, you need to return it to your carrier or Samsung for a refund, replacement handset or offered remedy.
But what if you take a Galaxy Note7 aboard a plane, with flagrant disregard for anyone else aboard?
It’s going to get nasty, with the US Department of Transport putting the following fines and criminal charges in
- If passengers attempt to travel by air with their Samsung Galaxy Note7 devices, the phones may be confiscated and passengers may face fines.
- Passengers who attempt to evade the ban by packing their phone in checked luggage are increasing the risk of a catastrophic incident. Anyone violating the ban may be subject to criminal prosecution in addition to fines.
- If an airline representative observes that a passenger is in possession of a Samsung Note7 device prior to boarding an aircraft, the air carrier must deny boarding to the passenger unless and until the passenger divests themselves and their carry-on and checked baggage of the Samsung Galaxy Note7 device. Passengers absolutely should not pack the phones in their checked luggage.
- If a flight crew member identifies that a passenger is in possession of a Samsung Galaxy Note7 device while the aircraft is in flight, the crew member must instruct the passenger to power off the device, not use or charge the device while aboard the aircraft, protect the device from accidental activation, including disabling any features that may turn on the device, such as alarm clocks, and keep the device on their person and not in the overhead compartment, seat back pocket, nor in any carry-on baggage, for the duration of the flight.
In other words, these devices are not fit to fly, and present a hazard to life.
Various airlines are reacting, and as such, you will find bringing the devices on a plane being a lot
The excuses for hanging onto these devices are becoming fewer and fewer each day. Please contact your local Samsung office, or mobile phone/cell phone operator to get the device picked up and return it with haste.
AND FOR LOVE OF $deity PLEASE DON’T BRING YOUR NOTE7 ANYWHERE NEAR A PLANE.
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Theyre also banning them in all airlines here in Mexico, even on domestic flights following the directives from the FAA and USDOT