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Old Oct 16, 2016 | 6:44 am
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vytas315
 
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Originally Posted by eternaltransit
You and I might think that a turned off Note 7 is fine, but we aren't the experts - the FAA disagree and I'm not going to second guess them about safety classifications!

https://www.transportation.gov/brief...ones-airplanes
Great link! Interesting how they establish a complete ban, but then make it clear that hiding it in checked luggage is the worst scenario and should certainly not be attempted. I also find the recommendation, that upon discovery the device should be kept on the persons so that should something happen it is discovered immediately, very interesting.

I guess based on those statements in the link you can judge what poses the greatest risk to the airplane. I wonder what Samsung's policy is if you're traveling overseas and call to say you can't bring the device home to return it...? I would hope that they would advise how to dispose of the device and process the refund anyways. That would certainly keep me from trying to sneak the device on board!
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