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09-23-2016, 05:30 PM
NEW DELHI: A smoking Samsung phone sparked alarm on an Indian flight on Friday, the airline said, weeks after the manufacturer recalled 2.5-million units of its latest model when batteries began catching fire while charging.
Airline IndiGo said it had dealt with an incident involving "mi**r *****" coming from a Samsung **te 2 device in a passenger´s hand luggage on a flight from Singapore to the southern Indian city of Chennai.
The phone was **t the same model as that involved in the recall.
"IndiGo confirms that a few passengers travelling on 6E-054 from Singapore to Chennai **ticed the ***** smell in the cabin this morning and immediately alerted the cabin crew on board," the airline said in a statement.
"(The crew) observed ***** being emitted from Samsung **te 2 which was placed in the baggage (of a passenger) in overhead bin."
Crew used a fire extinguisher before submerging the phone in water and the plane made a **rmal landing.
The world´s largest maker of mobile phones recalled 2.5-million units of its top-of-the-range model, **te 7 after its batteries began catching fire while charging.
The recall has put fresh pressure on Samsung, which is already squeezed by competition from Apple in the high-end market and Chinese rivals in the low-and mid-end segment.
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Airline IndiGo said it had dealt with an incident involving "mi**r *****" coming from a Samsung **te 2 device in a passenger´s hand luggage on a flight from Singapore to the southern Indian city of Chennai.
The phone was **t the same model as that involved in the recall.
"IndiGo confirms that a few passengers travelling on 6E-054 from Singapore to Chennai **ticed the ***** smell in the cabin this morning and immediately alerted the cabin crew on board," the airline said in a statement.
"(The crew) observed ***** being emitted from Samsung **te 2 which was placed in the baggage (of a passenger) in overhead bin."
Crew used a fire extinguisher before submerging the phone in water and the plane made a **rmal landing.
The world´s largest maker of mobile phones recalled 2.5-million units of its top-of-the-range model, **te 7 after its batteries began catching fire while charging.
The recall has put fresh pressure on Samsung, which is already squeezed by competition from Apple in the high-end market and Chinese rivals in the low-and mid-end segment.
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