If you've flown recently, you've almost certainly heard announcements from cabin crew asking you to keep your Note 7 powered down during the flight. Now, Qantas, Virgin, and Tigerair have taken it one step further and are banning travellers from even taking the Note 7 on a plane.
These bans are all now in effect. The Qantas ban applies to customers travelling on both Qantas and Jetstar flights.
"Qantas and Jetstar customers are advised that the carriage of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices on-board is prohibited on ALL FLIGHTS effective 12:01am (AEDT) Sunday 16 October 2016," said Qantas in a statement. "This is due to concerns regarding potential fire risk from the device’s battery after a number of incidents worldwide and follows a ban put in place by regulators overseas. The ban applies to devices being carried onto the aircraft, in carry-on baggage as well as check-in luggage. Other Samsung devices are not affected."
"From Sunday 16 October 2016, Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices can no longer be carried on Virgin Australia flights," said Virgin in a statement. "This is due to safety concerns around the device and follows the implementation of a ban by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Effective 12:01am AEDT on Sunday 16 October, guests travelling on Virgin Australia services must comply with this ban by not travelling with this device, whether on their person, in their carry on luggage or in a checked bag."
If you've still got a Note 7, you should really get around to returning to it your point of purchase. Just in case you missed the news, Samsung has discontinued the phone, as it can't quite workout why it keeps exploding.
"Customers in Australia who have a Galaxy Note 7, both an original device purchased before 5 September 2016 or a new replacement Galaxy Note 7 device, should power down their phone and contact their original place of purchase," said Samsung Australia.
Alex Choros
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