Posted on 10/05/2016 6:33:21 PM PDT by Swordmaker
Smoke reported in cabin at gate
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Samsung smartphone exploded Wednesday on a Southwest Airlines plane at Louisville International Airport, forcing dozens to be evacuated.
"I looked around to see what that popping noise was and there was just smoke billowing, pouring out of my pocket. I pulled it out of my pocket and threw it on the ground real quick and it continued to smoke for about 4 or 5 seconds heavily, and then that kind of filled up two or three rows in front and behind us in the cabin," the phone's owner Brian Green, said.
He said the phone exploded after he powered it down shortly after boarding his Southwest Airlines flight to Baltimore.
"It never got hot, it never gave me any indication that there was anything wrong with it. It did what I assume it would've normally done under a power-down cycle," Green said.
Louisville Metro arson investigators said the plane's carpet was singed where the phone landed.
"I just didn't want to have it explode. All the news you've been hearing is it's an exploding phone, and you think of shrapnel, and I didn't want that in my pocket, in my groin area, and I didn't want it in my hand, so I was just trying to get it away from me. There's really no good place to put it on a plane, of course," Green said.
U. S. aviation officials issued a warning earlier this year to all passengers traveling with Samsung Galaxy Note 7s.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a warning last month, telling people to stop using the Galaxy Note 7 because of the risk of explosions and fires.
"We're grounded and we weren't in the air, because I probably would've been having a heart attack right about now," passenger Carmen Ferguson said.
Ferguson was sitting in front of Green when his phone exploded.
She was one of 75 passengers safely evacuated from the plane.
"Everybody was calm. We got off really easily, nobody got hurt," Ferguson said.
The plane hadn't left the gate when the phone started smoking.
"Someone could've had this in their luggage on the plane under the plane and this could've happened. It could've been a lot worse," Green said.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission released a statement saying "CPSC is moving expeditiously to investigate this incident. Thankfully, reports indicate that all of the passengers were able to make it off the plane without harm. Agency staff has already reached out to the FAA and Samsung to gather the facts about the incident. Agency staff will also reach out to the consumer who experienced a serious incident with his phone. I want to reiterate my call for consumers who have the recalled Galaxy Note 7 to keep their smartphones powered down and to immediately take advantage of the remedies being offered by Samsung. Consumers should know that one of the remedies is a refund."
Someone should tell Samsung.
Samsung may not survive this intact.
We flew from Georgia to Texas and back last week and I bet I heard 30 warnings in the airport and on the planes singling out these phones.
Horrible advertising blaring throughout the entire airport on an hourly basis.
Apple, FAA Investigating After iPhone Catches Fire Mid-Flight
As an Apple guy, ‘twould be easy to snark. However, there is an obvious problem with either the battery manufacturer or with the charging protocol programmed into the phone. If it was the protocol, that probably came from the battery manufacturer’s direction.
Could happen to anyone using that line of batteries.
“Samsung may not survive this intact.”
It depends on whether they hold the pointy-head ACCOUNTABLE for saving $1.79 per phone by getting rid of a few battery sensors.
If they don’t...then I agree, it’s curtains for them.
“It never got hot, it never gave me any indication that there was anything wrong with it. It did what I assume it would’ve normally done under a power-down cycle,” Green said.
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“Never got hot” ... damn, and I was thinking about getting a couple of these before deer season to use as hand warmers.
I guess I’ll just stick to my old trusty Zippo pocket hand warmers. Just as well, perhaps the deer would pick up on the Samsung smoke and be spooked.
There you go! Enter power-down cycle on a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 and fling it a deer. Boom! Easy kill on the deer! Time to ban Samsung Galaxy phones.
I think i’ll hang on to my obsolete Galaxy S5 phone for the time being.
They’re overheating like Hillary!!!!
Oh, my! It turns out this was an REPLACED Note 7 under the recall which supposedly fixed the problem! And it still "exploded!"
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