Another day, another story of a Samsung phone turned into one clock bomb. On Monday, an Alaska Airlines flight was forced to evacuate all 129 passengers after landing at Seattle – Tacoma International Airport after one of those passengers ’phones burned out.
According to an airline spokesman, crew members aboard New Orleans’ 751 flight noticed that something was not working when a passenger’s phone “warmed up and started firing” while waiting for a door to the airport Monday night. He added that the crew was able to use fire extinguishers and a fire containment bag to prevent the phone from emitting too much smoke, but the “nebulous” conditions on board meant they had to leave with the plane’s inflatable slides. after.
The airport tweeted about the incident saying that passengers only suffered “minor scratches and bruises” during the incident.
A spokesman for the Port of Seattle said so The Seattle Times that the phone in question — a Samsung Galaxy A21 — had been burned “unrecognized” when crew members recovered the remains of the device. The only reason they were able to find out the model was through an interview with the owner of the phone after everyone had been saved.
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This is not nearly the first time Samsung has had to deal with phones spontaneously causing inopportune moments. After launching their Note 7 smartphone in 2016, countless buyers reported their devices burning while connected to a charging port. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission formally remembered One million of these smartphones a few months after their debut in the state and Samsung quickly thrown away the device on the market soon after.
However, this did not stop Samsung from being chased by phone explosion reports. In 2018, a Long Island woman slapped the company with a collective action suit for the allegations that the S9 device exploded in his hand. Since then, stories have surfaced about the newest Samsung devices that caught fire Detroit i California. Apparently, we can now add Seattle to that list.
Samsung did not immediately respond to a request for comment and we will update this post when we receive news.