Just a year after Samsung became the first company to have its mobile device banned from all flights in and out of the United States, another Samsung phone has reportedly caught fire mid-flight.
The latest incident, according to the Hindustan Times, occurred on Jet Airways flight from Delhi to Indore, India on Friday.
Reportedly, the device, a Samsung J7, belonged to a Delhi resident, Arpita Dhal, who noticed that her handbag started smoking early into the flight. After Dhal and her husband called over the flight crew for assistance, they learned that the fire extinguishers on board were not working.
Eventually, the crew was able to put out the fire by submerging the phone in a tray filled with water.
"I will complain against Jet Airways after I return home," Dhal's husband Atul told the Hindustan Times. "This is a question of safety of passengers in flights. If there is a major fire or blast what will they do when their fire extinguishers don't work like this."
A Jet Airways representative told the Hindustan Times that the situation was handled "per guidelines."
"It was observed on board Jet Airways' flight 9W 791 Delhi-Indore that smoke was emitting from a guest handbag," said the spokesperson. "Jet Airways crew immediately took charge of the situation, as also all necessary steps as a precautionary measure and as per the prescribed guidelines."
A Samsung India representative told the news agency that the company is in touch with "relevant authorities for more information."
Samsung first raised collective eyebrows in September of last year, when the company issued a massive recall for the device because some the lithium batteries had reported catching on fire spontaneously. Immediately following the recall, the FAA urged passengers to not put the device into checked baggage and also to not turn it on while in flight.
The following month, AT&T announced it would halt issuing replacement devices, as those replacements were also catching on fire. After AT&T's announcement, the FAA then issued a ban on all Samsung Note 7 devices on any commercial flights, dubbing the phone a "forbidden hazardous material."
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