BANNED - Note 7
 

Last updated: 15 October 2016, 15:45 Dubai (GMT+4)

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Phone Advisory
In light of advisories from various aviation regulatory bodies and concerns raised by Samsung about its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, passengers are advised that these devices are prohibited on all Emirates flights. Passengers are requested not to bring them on board Emirates' flights in person, as well as in carry-on or checked-in baggage.


I'm currently on business in Africa with a return flight home through Dubai next week. I've already been in contact with Dubai Duty Free to return the Note 7 I bought from them. Anyone else just get screwed with this ban?

How will they know that you have it on you. Just keep it switched off in your carry-on luggage.

Clearly when it catches fire :D

That said, as it's now law from the FAA you can't bring one on board, I wouldn't want to take the risk of having it confiscated or even put on the no-fly list if I was found to have one at the airport going through security in the US.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...irline-flights

FAA regulations wouldn't apply for a flight from somewhere in Africa to DXB unless there's a very strange routing using either a USA carrier or a connection through the USA.

I suspect it would also be difficult to use FedEx or a similar service to return the phone.

Indeed - I did specify the US there :)

EK has its own regulations though and they seem to be following the same advice, and I don't think anyone on FT should advise people to endanger aircraft by carrying on board what a respected and credible regulator has classed as a "forbidden hazardous material"!

HUH? Where in my post am I advising someone to take a Galaxy 7 device on board an airline when this is forbidden? Please apologize.

My apologies - I meant in general, not as a reply to you re: bringing banned materials on board.

To be clear, I don't think it is wise for anyone to advise the OP to bring the device on board, no matter how lax/strict any security procedures are.

This would have been true even before the ban. If your device catches fire, chances are good that you'll be the first passenger to die as well as the passenger most likely to either die or sustain horrific disfiguring injuries.

AFAIK the no fly list is for major terrorists, not people who disobey FAA directives.

Without straying into OMNI, I thought that inclusion onto the list was a relatively controversial topic - at least, according to Google :D

With all due respect, we're not talking about a firework or incendiary device. The Note 7, switched off, poses no risk to the best of my knowledge. I seriously don't see there being any major consequences to carrying the device in a 7hr flight to DXB to return it there.

Given this new rule however perhaps DDF would be open to refunding without returning the device or you can return it elsewhere to a Samsung service centre?

In at least one of the incidents the owner claimed it was switched off.

"Claimed". And was it charging? I work in IT, never believe the user.

Yes, just claimed, and he could easily be saying that to protect himself. Powered off and not charging according to the report.

It is believable if the fault is due to weaknesses in the construction of the battery, ie insulator breakdown which does not require current flow to take place, but when it happens causes excess current flow and heat/fire.

just wondering if a similar ban applies to the carrying of e-cigs. There have been cases of these catching light or even worse exploding

In Australia, phones are now to be screened separately through security, like a laptop, in its own tray. I have no idea how the staff will identify between the different Samsung models...