A Samsung Galaxy Note 2 phone caught fire mid-air on a flight from Singapore to Chennai, officials of private airline IndiGo said on Friday. According to the officials, the cabin crew noticed smoke coming out from above one of the seats during the flight.
The incident happened while the flight was landing in Chennai airport on Friday, prompting the civil aviation regulator DGCA to summon the company officials and issue an advisory against the use of this series of devices.
The DGCA had already issued an advisory two weeks ago not to carry Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones in check-in baggage or must be kept switched off and not used on board aircraft after a series of reports of the phone’s battery exploding in other countries. This is the first incident of a Samsung device catching fire on a flight in India.
“IndiGo confirms that a few passengers travelling on 6E-054 flight from Singapore to Chennai noticed the smoke smell in the cabin this morning…and immediately alerted the cabin crew on board,” the airline has said in a statement.
