the Federal air transport Agency announced that it has cancelled the recommendation on the prohibition of carriage and use of smartphones Samsung Galaxy Note 7 in the aircraft after Samsung Electronics has informed it of the measures taken.
“Samsung has stopped global sales of Galaxy Note 7, as well as further production of this device and carried out a program of voluntary exchange for other models, reports the Federal air transport Agency. As additional measures to ensure security, the company has released a forced update of the software remaining in circulation of smartphones Galaxy Note 7. This update lowered the battery level to 0%. Thus, were forcibly blocked from charging this model and that the device can connect to mobile networks and wireless Internet.”
the Rosaviation has addressed to airlines with a request to consider this information “and believes it is possible to stop further informing passengers about banning the use of smartphones Galaxy Note 7 on Board the aircraft, including baggage”.
In September last year, Samsung announced the global recall Galaxy Note 7 due to defective batteries, which could lead to the ignition devices and the explosion during charging. Rosaviation recommended to turn off and not charge the smartphones of this model within the whole flight, not carried in a baggage and not to use them at airports.
this week Samsung announced that they found one of the reasons for the spontaneous ignition of the Galaxy Note 7, the problem was related to the design of batteries. First, the battery does not fit the parameters of a single cell in the body of Note 7, which could lead to a short circuit. Second, the capacity of production to meet the high demand on the nexus 7 and brought to production flaws.
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