Samsung phone emits smoke on Indian airline flight
— September 23, 2016
A Samsung Electronics smartphone stored in an overhead baggage compartment on an Indian plane emitted smoke in mid-flight on Friday, India‘s aviation regulator said, but there was no damage and the aircraft landed safely.
Passengers on board an IndiGo flight smelled smoke coming from the baggage bin and alerted cabin crew who saw sparks and smoke coming from a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 phone, the airline, owned by InterGlobe Aviation, said in an emailed statement.
Flight crew used a fire extinguisher on the phone and put it in a container filled with water, the airline said.
The IndiGo flight was on its way to Chennai from Singapore.
The regulator described the incident as a suspected fire but the airline said there had been no fire.
Samsung recalled its new Note 7 phones across the globe this month due to faulty batteries causing the devices to catch fire while charging or in normal use, raising fears for the future of the flagship device.
There have been no previous reports of similar problems with the Note 2 model, first released in 2012.
Samsung is looking into Friday’s incident, a company spokesman said in an emailed statement. “We are in touch with relevant authorities to gather more information,” he said.
