Reports: Fixed Note 7 combusts, sparking aircraft evacuation
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Samsung's official recall-and-replacement program for its troubled Galaxy Note 7 phone is finally in full swing. Despite promises that the company has fixed the combustible battery issue at the root of the fiasco, however, it appears the Note 7 isn't out of the woods yet. According to reports from USA Today and The Verge, a passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight from Louisville, Kentucky noticed that his replaced Note 7 was smoking, causing the flight to be evacuated on the tarmac.
Samsung threw water on the claim that the phone involved was a replacement model in a statement to USA Today, but photos of the phone's box obtained by The Verge from the owner of the device show that it is, in fact, ...