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Plane evacuated at Louisville airport after replaced Samsung phone starts smoking An overheating, smoking   Samsung smartphone   forced the evacuation of a Southwest Airlines jet that was preparing to take off from the Louisville airport. The incident raised fresh trouble for Samsung, which saw its new Galaxy Note 7 device recalled last month because of overheating batteries. Samsung, Southwest and federal aviation-safety officials declined to say what model of Samsung phone was involved, saying they were still investigating. But an Indiana woman, Sarah Green, told The Courier-Journal of Louisville that it was her husband’s   Samsung Galaxy Note 7   that made popping noises and started to smoke after he powered it down while the plane sat at the gate. Green told the newspaper that her husband, Brian, received the Galaxy Note 7 about two weeks ago as a replacement for his recalled phone. He called her from someone else’s phone to tell her what happened. ...

Samsung to recall Galaxy Note 7 phones after explosion claims: Report Samsung will issue a global recall of the   Galaxy Note 7   smartphone as soon as this weekend after its investigation on explosion claims found batteries were at fault, according to South Korea's   Yonhap News . Samsung Electronics declined to comment on the report today, but said it was conducting the inspection with its partners, it said. "We will share the findings as soon as possible. Samsungis fully committed to providing the highest quality products to our consumers," the company said in a statement. Shipments of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone were delayed in South Korea this week for extra quality control testing. The move came after reports that batteries in some of the jumbo smartphones exploded while they were being charged. Samsung launched the latest version of the Note series just two weeks ago. Citing an unnamed company official, Yonhap   said   Samsung 's investigat...