The Galaxy **te 2 that caught fire on a plane is just horrible timing for Samsung

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The Galaxy **te 2 that caught fire on a plane is just horrible timing for Samsung
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Things just keep getting worse and worse for Samsung (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/mashable.com/category/samsung?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=).

After weeks of investigating cases of Galaxy **te7 (http://mashable.com/2016/08/16/samsung-galaxy-**te7-review/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) phones catching on fire (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/galaxy-**te-7-delay-battery-charger/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), destroying people's cars (http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/203295058-story), and even injuring people (http://mashable.com/2016/09/12/samsung-**te7-explodes-brooklyn/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Samsung and the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued an official recall (http://mashable.com/2016/09/15/official-samsung-galaxy-**te7-recall/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) for 1 million of the phones sold in the U.S.

SEE ALSO: Guess what? Any phone could explode, **t just Samsung's Galaxy **te7. (http://mashable.com/2016/09/06/samsung-galaxy-**te-7-explosion-analysis/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)


As per the Federal Aviation Administration (http://mashable.com/2016/09/09/faa-statement-samsung-galaxy-planes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) (FAA), affected **te7 phones with defective batteries must be turned off and can't be used during flights. Many public transportation agencies like New York City's MTA have also urged riders **t to use the **te7. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/23/samsung-**te-phone-explosions/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)

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