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you may run into trouble if you bring a Galaxy Note 7 on an airplane the Federal Aviation Administration is warning travelers to not use or charge their Galaxy Note 7 phones during flights due to reports of faulty batteries catching fire and exploding the US air safety regulatory group did not outright ban the smartphone but several airlines including Qantas Airways Virgin Australia and Singapore Airlines are also instructed passengers to not use or charge the phone in flight Europe's air safety regulatory group also issued warnings about the phone urging passengers to not pack it in check luggage the warnings were enough for investors to knock more than 10 billion dollars off of Samsung's market value on Friday Samsung recalled 2.5 million of these phones due to reports of fires from Bad batteries and the company promised to replace each one I'm Bridget Carey you can keep up with the hottest tech news at cnet.com slash