DOT banned Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 from airliners — here’s what you need to know

If you travel often and own a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 device, you’re out of luck. Passengers and flight crews will be banned from bringing the smartphone on airline flights under an emergency order issued by the Department of Transportation (DOT) in response to reports of the phones catching fire. 

Going into effect on October 22, the order states the phones may not be carried on board or packed in checked bags on flights to and from the United States or within the country, and they cannot be shipped as air cargo. Any passengers caught attempting to travel with the phones will have them confiscated and may face fines.

After recalling more than 2.5 million of the smartphones due to a battery manufacturing error, Samsung discontinued the product, less than two months after its launch. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, there have been nearly 100 reports of batteries in the Note 7 model overheating in the U.S. Previously, the Federal Aviation Administration warned passengers not to pack the phones in their luggage and to power them off while in-flight.

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