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Airlines ban charging top cell-phone as a ‘fire risk’

- By Staff reporter
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The three largest Australian airlines have banned the onboard charging of the new Samsung Galaxy Note7 phone over concerns it poses a fire risk.

And Samsung announced it would recall Galaxy Note7 smartphones in Australia. But it termed the possibility of fire as “isolated battery cell issues”.

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