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South west airline mishap
• Southwest Airlines Flight 994 was evacuated before take off as a response to a replacement Note 7
that went up in smoke, leading the FAA to warn against using the device on planes ... but not before
another replacement Note 7 would catch fire in a Kentucky home.
• The incident brings more damage to Samsung’s reputation and calls into question the very future of
the Note 7 itself, a phone that was highly regarded when it first hit the market in late August, before
reports began to surface about batteries that caught fire.
• Making matters worse, the device was apparently one of the replacement handsets that the South
Korean company had previously deemed “safe.” Now it appears that the issue is far from settled.
• The Consumer Product Safety Commission, the federal agency overseeing the U.S. recall of the Note
7, late Wednesday said it is investigating the Southwest flight incident, according to a report on news
site Recode.
• The Southwest incident happened about 9:15 a.m. as Flight 994 to Baltimore was boarding. Arson
investigators confirmed that a Samsung phone overheated, leading to smoke in the cabin, according
to WHAS-TV reporter Rachel Platt.
• Nobody was injured, but the incident caused enough smoke to force evacuation of the plane and the
flight was canceled.
