Because of many damages and life-threatening incidents caused by Samsung Galaxy Note 7 to its users, US DOT (Department of Transportation) issued the nationwide ban of totally banning from boarding to any US airlines.

According to GSM Arena, while Virgin Airlines was in their mid-flight from San Francisco to Boston on December 20, 2016, Lucas Wojciechowski, an airplane crew, open his laptop and upon checking his internet connection noticed a Wi-Fi network registered on it. He immediately inquired from passengers who owned the Wi-Fi network but nobody admits. This prompted the captain to announce an emergency landing so that physical inspection to get rid of the Wi-Fi unit could be conducted while on land.

This time the jokester confessed to the crew that there was no actual Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Wi-Fi hotspot they brought on board but only changed the name of their Wi-Fi to the name of the forbidden phone.

At last the crew was relieved, and made an announcement to passengers that the device was found but not a real Samsung Galaxy Note 7, the name was only changed.

The action can be compared to making bomb jokes which is already considered a criminal action for many states especially in the airport or similar establishments. But since no specific law governing the said action in the United States the owner was not given any punishment.

But the incident caused real commotion and discomfort among passengers. Everyone has already knowledge with the forbidden device.

Digital Trends reported that the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission had issued a second recall for all Note 7 devices. In the meantime, Samsung is in the process of finding solutions for their products' flaw including unit exchange.

The company even disable Verizon's Galaxy Note 7 software update since December 19. Verizon even announced that these network's devices may start receiving the update on January 5th. But it still hoped that the device would be totally out of user acquisition.

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