“On Monday, an Alaska Airlines flight was forced to evacuate all 129 passengers after landing at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport after one of those passenger’s phones caught ablaze.
According to one spokesperson for the airline, crew members aboard Flight 751 from New Orleans noticed something was amiss when a passenger’s phone “overheated and began sparking,” while waiting for a gate at the airport on Monday night. He went on to add that the crew was able to use extinguishers and a fire containment bag to stop the phone from belching out too much smoke, but the “hazy” conditions onboard meant they needed to get out using the plane’s inflatable evacuation slides pretty soon after.” – Shoshana Wodinsky (Gizmodo) (Read entire article here!)
I saw this on a few sites yesterday. I am hoping this is not a wide spread problem with the A-series for Samsung. I personally owned one of these phones and have never had a issue. However, I have to admit I would be a little worried flying with one of these now. What are your thoughts?
