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Qantas, Jetstar, and Virgin Australia have all officially banned the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 from being turned on flights and from being in checked luggage.
The three airlines are Qantas, its budget arm Jetstar, and Virgin Australia. According to the airlines, the ban is a measure of precaution and was not enforced at the behest of Australian aviation safety authorities.
At least one Galaxy Note 7 fire incident has been reported in Australia so far –a businessman’s device caught fire while charging, causing minor injuries and 1400 AUD in damages to the user’s hotel room.
I was just on a Qantas flight and they announced that anyone with a Galaxy note 7 needed to switch it off immediately.
Related to my post from yesterday, they also announced that if you drop your phone into your seat, to alert a flight attendant immediately and to  not try to move the seat in order to find it.
In similar news, the FAA has declined to officially ban the phone. Â They issued the following statement:
In light of recent incidents and concerns raised by Samsung about its Galaxy Note 7 devices, the Federal Aviation Administration strongly advises passengers not to turn on or charge these devices on board aircraft and not to stow them in any checked baggage.
