Aviation regulator DGCA may issue a fresh advisory on the use of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones on board aircraft after getting latest inputs from its US counterpart, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The DGCA is already in touch with FAA on the issue and the fresh advisory is likely to be put in public domain by next week, a senior DGCA official said, two days after a Samsung Galaxy Note 7, apparently a replacement device, caught fire on a US airline flight.
Samsung officially recalled one million of its Galaxy Note 7 mobile phones sold before September 15 after finding that some of their batteries had exploded or caught fire. The company, however, said that until it was able to retrieve the device, it cannot confirm that this incident involves the new Note 7.
Earlier, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had completely banned the use of Galaxy Note 7 on board flights as also carrying them in checked-in baggage, which it partially lifted on September 30.
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