Air Serbia banned Samsung Galaxy Note 7 in their airplanes

After Samsung's withdrawal of "Galaxy Note 7" on global scales, because of it's great problems with the phone battery, that lead to explosion of 35 devices so far during the charging, Air Serbia banned the phone in their planes. 

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Nakon što je Samsung na globalnom nivou povukao Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartfone, uvodimo zabranu unošenja ovih uređaja na svoje avione. 1/4

— Air Serbia (@airserbia) October 16, 2016

After Samsung's withdrawal of Galaxy Note 7 on global scales, we are introducing the ban of these phones on our flights, said from the company on Twitter.

Izvinjavamo se zbog eventualnih neprijatnosti. Bezbednost i sigurnost naših putnika i članova posade su naš najvažniji prioritet. 4/4 — Air Serbia (@airserbia) October 16, 2016

They said they apologize for the inconvenience, but the safety of the passengers is the most important. 

Foto: Tanjug/AP

Gosti ne smeju unositi ove smartfone u avion u svom predatom prtljagu, u ručnom prtljagu ili pri sebi. 3/4

— Air Serbia (@airserbia) October 16, 2016

Let us remind you, South Korean company Samsung Electronics stopped the selling of the smartphone Galaxy Note 7 last week, after some caught fire during charging, probably because of the problem with the lithium battery.

U nekim od telefonskih aparata su ugrađene neispravne litijumske baterije, koje predstavljaju rizik od samozapaljivanja i požara. 2/4 — Air Serbia (@airserbia) October 16, 2016

Buyers could exchange phones for new ones, but there were cases that new ones caught fire as well, because of what Samsung declared that they are stopping the selling of the model. 

Foto: Tanjug/AP

Withdrawal of the phone Galaxy Note 7 will cost Samsung about three billion dollars during the current and the next quarter, which increases the total cost of 5.3 billion dollars.

(Telegraf.co.uk)