--- title: U.S. Bans All Samsung Note 7 Phones on Planes description: Airlines will stop allowing passengers to travel with the Samsung model that has been prone to overheating and catching fire authors: - name: Kaitlin Mulhere role: Editor url: https://money.com/author/kaitlin-mulhere/ bio: Kaitlin Mulhere is an editor at Money.com. Since joining in 2015, she’s written and edited about a variety of personal finance topics, including banks, credit, student debt, saving strategies and more. education: University of Florida at_money_since: 2015 articles: 217 covers: - Shopping - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Debt - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Retirement - Taxes social: - https://twitter.com/KMulhere - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaitlin-mulhere-64503048/ published: '2016-10-14T20:11:48.000Z' modified: '2024-05-16T11:51:51.000Z' section: Shopping tags: - Airlines - overheating phone - phone explosions - Samsung Galaxy Note 7 word_count: 267 canonical: https://money.com/samsung-note-7-phones-ban/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![A man holds a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 during a launch event at the Hammerstein Ballroom, August 2, 2016 in New York City.](https://img.money.com/2016/10/161014_em_samsungban.jpg) *A man holds a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 during a launch event at the Hammerstein Ballroom, August 2, 2016 in New York City.* After weeks of asking passengers to keep their Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones turned off while on board, U.S. officials are now banning the phones on planes altogether. The U.S. Department of Transportation, with the Federal Aviation Administration and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, on Friday issued an [emergency order](https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/dot-bans-all-samsung-galaxy-note7-phones-airplanes) to ban all Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone devices from air transportation in the United States. The order takes effect Saturday. [Bloomberg reports](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-14/u-s-to-ban-all-samsung-note-7-phones-on-airline-flights) the ban comes after about 100 cases of overheating and fires, including [one on a Southwest flight](http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/5/13175000/samsung-galaxy-note-7-fire-replacement-plane-battery-southwest) earlier this month. In that case, the phone started to overheat even though it was a replacement phone that had been deemed safe. The plane was evacuated before takeoff. The Federal Aviation Administration previously told flyers to turn off the phones and not to pack them in checked luggage. Crew members across airlines have announced the warning at the beginning of every flight. Airlines have also started putting fire-containment bags on aircraft in the event of any problems with an overheating phone in midair. The Galaxy Note 7 was originally recalled in September due to fires and overheating problems stemming from their lithium-ion batteries. On Tuesday, the company announced that it had officially [stopped production](http://ime.com/samsung-galaxy-note-7-dead/) of the phones. The failure is expected to cost the South Korean company billions of dollars. On Thursday Samsung announced that customers who bring in their Note 7 will receive a [$100 credit](https://news.samsung.com/us/2016/10/13/samsung-expands-recall-of-galaxy-note7-devices-to-include-original-and-replacement-devices-company-offers-refund-and-exchange-program/) in addition to a free replacement phone, or a $25 credit if they opt instead for a full refund or a smartphone made by a different brand. ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/samsung-note-7-phones-ban/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Shopping", "item": "https://money.com/shopping/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Phones and Tablets", "item": "https://money.com/phones-and-tablets/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "U.S. Bans All Samsung Note 7 Phones on Planes" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/samsung-note-7-phones-ban/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/samsung-note-7-phones-ban/", "name": "U.S. Bans All Samsung Note 7 Phones on Planes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2016-10-14T20:11:48.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/samsung-note-7-phones-ban/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/samsung-note-7-phones-ban/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-05-16T11:51:51.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "U.S. Bans All Samsung Note 7 Phones on Planes", "articleSection": "Shopping", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2016/10/161014_em_samsungban.jpg", "width": 2100, "height": 1400, "caption": "161014_EM_SamsungBan" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kaitlin Mulhere", "url": "https://money.com/author/kaitlin-mulhere/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/kaitlin-mulhere/#author", "description": "Kaitlin Mulhere is an editor at Money.com. 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