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An airline flight ban on Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 is spreading fast after reports some phones have caught fire.
Carriers
in Australia, Asia and Europe put the phone on a prohibited list over
the weekend, which comes after the US banned the device last week. Carriers flying to the US inevitably had to follow suit, but the bans are spreading worldwide.
SOURCE: http://www.bbc.com/
In addition to several flag carriers taking action, Air Berlin, Dragonair and Virgin Australia now have bans.
Qantas
and its discount carrier Jetstar said in a statement: "The ban applies
to devices being carried onto the aircraft, in carry-on baggage as well
as check-in luggage."
Virgin Australia issued a similar
announcement, but added that passengers were "strongly advised" not to
bring the Note 7 phone to airports.
Air Berlin has banned the
phones with immediate effect. Larger German rival Lufthansa has a ban on
flights to the US, but is reportedly planning to impose the restriction
across all flights soon.
Singapore Airlines said on its Facebook
page that "the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone will be prohibited from being
brought on board all our flights in person, in carry-on baggage or
checked-in baggage with effect from 16 October".
Samsung recalled around 2.5 million phones in September after complaints of exploding batteries.
While it later insisted that all replaced devices were safe, there were reports that those phones were catching fire too.
The company then said it would stop Galaxy Note 7 production.
