Galaxy Note 7 is the new “safe” model began to smoke on the plane – BBC Russian

Image copyright BRIAN GREEN

Image caption According to the owner, of smartphones has gone gray-green smoke

a New version of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, which was declared safe by the manufacturer, caught fire in the aircraft of the airline Southwest Airlines.

the Airline confirmed that passengers of plane that was to fly from Louisville Kentucky to Baltimore, Maryland, had to be evacuated before takeoff on Wednesday.

2 Sep Samsung has suspended sales of its new smartphones, which entered the market in August and has recalled 2.5 million of previously sold devices due to cases of fire.

Later, the company has resumed sales of the smartphone, saying that all problems solved.

Samsung has already announced that it was investigating the incident on the plane.

“currently, we are working together with the authorities and Southwest to access the device and determine the cause of the incident”, – reads the statement.

“once we review the device, we will be able to provide more information,” added the company.

a Representative of Southwest Airlines told Bi-bi-si: “a Passenger reported smoke from an electronic device. All passengers and crew safely left the plane through the main exit.”

the owner of the device told Verge that it bought the smartphone on September 21.

According to Brian Greene, the packaging of the device was a black circular mark with the help of such icons Samsung separates the old unsafe devices from the new, safer models.

moreover, according to green’s phone was switched off and not charging, when I started to heat up in his pocket.

late last month after representatives of Samsung assured the authorities and customers that the new smart phones are absolutely safe, the Internet began to receive complaints that the device continues to overheat.

representatives of the company promised to deal with complaints, but insists that problems arise only in a few cases.