Galaxy Note 7, a total ban – the Courier of the Evening

Nothing Galaxy Note 7 to forty thousand feet of altitude. The last product in the south Korean has to keep at home or risk the seizure. The mobile phone of Samsung — which takes fire suddenly, and the company has chosen not to produce more — will not be allowed to board the aircraft. The ban, decided on Friday by the Us Department of Transportation “for security reasons”, is the first of its kind in relation to a tool — smartphone — used by over three billion people. The passenger found in possession of a model that you will be denied boarding. In addition, the authority will be able to jailing and even send him to trial.

The front anti-smartphone

The device Samsung then will not be able to be carried in the cabin with you, or in carry-on baggage. A drastic decision that follows the prohibition to transport in checked baggage or as a cargo shipment. For now, the move has effects on us flights, but other airlines that are not u.s. — Singapore Airlines, Air New Zealand, Alitalia, have decided to move in this direction. The rest was just the head of a carrier, Tim Clark of Emirates, to ask him stop: “the Need to prohibit passengers boarding with your smartphone faulty”. A few hours later here is the decision of the Department of Transport: from Saturday 15 October, the Galaxy Note 7 will no longer be permitted in the U.s. connections. On the contrary: it is now in the black list of objects that can not bring fireworks or liquids.

uncertainty about the controls

If the decision is clear, it remains uncertain in its application. Several workers airport explain that the metal detector and X-ray machines are not equipped with software able to locate at the points of security — as happens, for example, for liquid — the exact model of the smartphone that it is forbidden to move to the edge. Not only. The airline staff is authorized to search the passenger? When in doubt, some carriers — also to avoid complaints — they have already made it clear that hostesses and stewards will not look at the travelers in search of the model prohibited.

tools against fire on board

In the meantime, companies such as Delta Air Lines, Alaska Airlines and Virgin America are using bags, anti fire and anti explosion to contain any type of fire on board caused by a defect in the phone. “It is not enough to train our staff and to alert the passengers,” he said a few days ago And Bastian, chief executive officer of Delta. The pouches of the containment — of various sizes — not cost very little: the average price of around 1,700 euros for the smallest models and can reach up to four thousand for versions, large enough to contain a laptop pc.

October 15, 2016 (change to October 15, 2016 | 18:21)

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