November 05, 2024 21:56 (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy booked for threatening cop probing into mining case | Supreme Court upholds validity of Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Act | Not all private properties are community resources that govt can take over: Supreme Court | Pakistan's Lahore has become world's most polluted city with an AQI of 1900 on Sunday | Indian Army 'successfully completes' patrolling to a key point in Ladakh's Depsang region
Samsung Note 2 catches fire inside Chennai-bound flight

Samsung Note 2 catches fire inside Chennai-bound flight

| | 23 Sep 2016, 05:43 pm
Chennai, Sept 23 (IBNS): Growing troubles for tech giant Samsung, a Note 2 smartphone was suspected to have caught fire inside an aircraft while it was landing in south Indian city of Chennai on Friday, media reports said.

The air crew staff noticing the smoke, had to use fire extinguisher, sources told the The Hindu Business Line.

The incident reportedly occurred inside an IndiGo aircraft.

No one was hurt in the incident.

According to media reports,  the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has asked airlines to make announcement to passengers on every flight, urging them to switch off the Samsung Notes while they are travelling in the aircraft.

Earlier, following incidents like batteries bursting into flames, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission has said that  around one million Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones,manufactured by the tech giant, will be recalled.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.