The first replacement Samsung Galaxy Note7 devices with non-exploding batteries started reaching retailers a few weeks ago. Owners have been repeatedly urged to turn in their defective phones, lest they burst into flames. Southwest Airlines passenger Brian Green had one of those replacement Note7s, but that didn’t stop it from catching fire this morning as he waited for his flight from Louisville to Baltimore to leave the gate.

According to Green, he got the Note7 from an AT&T store on September 21st, and the box does have the black square to indicate it’s a replacement unit with a supposedly good battery.

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A post-recall Galaxy Note7 caught fire on a Southwest Airlines flight was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

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