"I think they are going to have a hard time enforcing this one," he said. "Hopefully Samsung will make the appropriate fixes so their phones quit having issues sooner than later.It is very unusual for the FAA to warn passengers about a specific branded product."The FAA said it can't prohibit the devices until the product-safety commission issues a recall. Samsung announced a voluntary recall of the device last week.Singapore Airlines said that it prohibited the use or charging of the Galaxy device during flights.And on Friday, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission urged owners of the phone to turn them off and leave them off.
The three biggest US airlines - American, Delta and United - said Friday that flight attendants will remind passengers of the FAA electrical bike battery warning, but it was unclear how they would make sure that passengers keep the Samsung devices powered off.Medi_.Spirit Airlines said it would send customers an email 12 hours before their flight to tell them about the FAA warning. He said the airlines could act on their own to bar the phones, as they did last year with hoverboards."Unless it is a strictly prohibited item, there's not much that the TSA can do," said Todd Curtis, director of an air-safety foundation.In February, a UN aviation panel recommended that nations adopt a temporary ban on cargo shipments of rechargeable lithium batteries on passenger airlines, although the policy wouldn't apply to batteries inside devices like phones, laptops or tablets. The Federal Aviation Administration says that because of concern about fires involving the new smartphone, it "strongly advises" airline passengers not to use or charge one or stow one in checked baggage.
The agency said it was working with Samsung to launch an official recall as soon as possible.Jeffrey Price, who wrote a book on aviation security, said flight attendants will have to patrol the aisles for scofflaws, and they might get help from people who turn in fellow passengers.If you travel with a Samsung Note 7, you're likely on the honour system when deciding whether to use or charge the device during a flight.UK-based Virgin Atlantic and Australian carrier Qantas, like most US airlines, said they would tell passengers not to check the Galaxy phone and to leave it switched off during flights.It is very unusual for the FAA to warn passengers about a specific branded product.Safety experts have been concerned for several years about the fire risk when lithium-ion batteries are used or even carried on flights. tumbled 4 percent Friday, the worst decline for the company's stock since January.Shares of Samsung Electronics Co. A spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration declined to say whether screeners would look for the devices either in carry-on or checked bags..It is very unusual for the FAA to warn passengers about a specific branded product.