It had already been established that Samsung's mobile phone Galaxy Note 7 has a tendency to catch fire. Shortly after release it became apparent that the problem was so common that Samsung chose to recall vast amounts of the produced, distributed and sold phones throughout the world.
In light of this, no pun intended, one would think that the replacement model wouldn't have the same issue, but for Brian Green this was not the case. After just recently getting a replacement phone Green boarded a Southwest Airlines flight from Louisville to Baltimore.
Moments later that plane had to be evacuated, as Green's phone had started smoking. The peculiar thing is that the phone at this point was already turned off, but still a thick grey-green smoke was produced. Before turning it off Green had noticed that the battery status was at a healthy 80 per cent, and he had only charged the phone once between buying it and boarding the flight.
In other words, it would seem like the replacement Note 7 has the same rather hefty flaw as the original model, which obviously is very bad news for Samsung. While Brian Green has moved on to an iPhone 7, the Note 7 has been handed over to the Louisville Fire Department's arson unit for further investigation. At the same time the US Consumer Product Safety Commission is opening an investigation into the incident.
Luckily, no one was injured when the plane was evacuated.
Source: The Verge.