---
title: "Samsung Galaxy Note7 Banned On All North American Airplanes"
description: "U.S. and Canadian government's sweeping travel prohibition on \"hazardous\" smartphone now in effect. "
date: "2016-10-15"
modified: "2016-10-15"
authors:
  - name: "Max Prince"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/max-prince"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/5576/samsung-galaxy-note7-banned-on-all-north-american-airplanes"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "FAA"
  - "Samsung"
  - "Smartphones"
  - "Travel"
---

# Samsung Galaxy Note7 Banned On All North American Airplanes

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Once viewed as a potential insurgent to Apple’s iPhone empire, the Samsung Galaxy Note7 has become a cautionary tale for electronics makers worldwide. Following a series of device fires, and [failed recall](<https://www.theverge.com/2016/10/5/13175000/samsung-galaxy-note-7-fire-replacement-plane-battery-southwest>) effort [per recommendation](<https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/Press-Statements/Press-Statement-from-the-US-Consumer-Product-Safety-Commission-Regarding-the-Samsung-Galaxy-Note7/>) from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Korean manufacturer [officially halted production](<https://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-ends-galaxy-note-7-production-explosive-overheating-shut-down/>) of its new smartphone earlier this week.

On Friday, Transport Canada, the government agency charged with overseeing that country’s travel regulations, issued a [nationwide airplane travel ban](<https://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=1138399>) on all Note7 phones, “effective immediately.” The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), in conjunction with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), has [issued a similar ban](<https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/dot-bans-all-samsung-galaxy-note7-phones-airplanes>). It goes into effect at 12p.m. EST on Saturday.

**This means Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphones are no longer allowed on airplanes in North America. That includes carry-on luggage, checked bags and cargo stowage.**

There are no exemptions for any passengers, pilots, or crewmembers. According to the U.S. announcement, the Samsung Galaxy Note7 is now considered “forbidden hazardous material” on all flights. The [DOT also says](<https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/dot-bans-all-samsung-galaxy-note7-phones-airplanes>) anybody carrying the phone “will be denied boarding,” and that anybody caught violating the ban “may be subject to criminal prosecution in addition to fines.”

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If you’ve got a Galaxy Note7 and still haven’t exchanged it, [contact Samsung](<https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-will-ask-all-global-partners-to-stop-sales-and-exchanges-of-galaxy-note7-while-further-investigation-takes-place?CID=AFL-hq-mul-0813-11000279>) and do so immediately. In the interim, do not board an airplane in North America, lest you wind up the DOT and FAA’s shit list. And that, friends, is [not a list you want to be on](<https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Man-Gets-Six-Months-in-Federal-Prison-for-Aiming-Laser-Beam-at-DPS-Helicopter-397123481.html>).

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