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The fire extinguishers in the aircraft also reportedly malfunctioned. A passenger’s mobile phone caught fire on a Delhi-Indore Jet Airways flight carrying 120 people on Friday, the  Hindustan Times  reported. The crew immediately put the device in water after fume filled up the cabin. Delhi resident Arpita Dhal was carrying three handsets in her bag, which was kept under her seat. “It was a mid-air panic. We prayed to god,” her husband Atul Dhal told the  Hindustan Times . The phone was a Samsung J7 model. Atul Dhal said the crew came to help with a fire extinguisher, but it malfunctioned. “I will complain against Jet Airways after I return home,” he said. “This is a question of safety of passengers in flights.” In a statement, the airline said the device was taken into custody for further investigations. The matter has been referred to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. “The Jet Airways crew took all necessary precautionary measures as per th...

Samsung had a tumultuous time last year with the ill-fated Galaxy Note7, but made a strong come back with the back-to-back success of Galaxy S8 smartphone series and Galaxy Note8 phablet. Just when the company thought of ending 2017 with an incident-free year, it is hit with another potential PR disaster. A Samsung Galaxy J7 reportedly caught fire mid-air on Delhi-Indore Jet Airways flight 9W 791, which had close to 120 people onboard. The incident was reported 15 minutes after take-off. The passenger, Arpita Dhal (from Delhi), had noticed smoke billowing from her handbag. Dhal immediately handed the bag to the flight attendant and upon checking, it came to light that among three phones in her bag, Galaxy J7 was the source of the smoke and had caught fire. To everyone's shock, the extinguisher onboard the flight failed to work and sensing the severity of the situation, the stewardess put water to put off the fire on the burning phone. The airline has also deployed their "wi...