Timeline of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 fire crisis
As Samsung scrambles to contain the crisis and its share price tumbles, Sky News looks at how the embarrassing episode unfolded.
Tuesday 11 October 2016 11:07, UK
Just weeks after Samsung launched its Galaxy Note 7, the smartphone has been deemed a fire hazard across the world.
Here are the related to the since it was unveiled in New York in early August.
:: 19 August - The device goes on sale in 10 countries including the US and South Korea.
:: 24 August - A report of a Note 7 explosion emerges in South Korea.
:: 31 August - Samsung delays shipments of Note 7s to South Korean carriers.
:: 1 September - Samsung starts Galaxy Note 7 sales in China.
:: 2 September - Samsung announces a worldwide recall of 2.5 million Note 7 phones, citing faulty batteries.
:: 8 September - The US Federal Aviation Administration advises passengers to not turn on or charge the devices on flights or stow them in checked baggage.
:: 9 September - The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) urges Galaxy Note 7 users to stop using their phone.
:: 15 September - The CPSC formally announces a recall of about one million Note 7 phones.
:: 16 September - A Florida man sues Samsung for burns from a Note 7 explosion.
:: Also in September - Samsung announces it will resume sales of the device in South Korea. Samsung says a Note 7 phone a user in China claims caught on fire was caused by external heating. The company starts a Note 7 exchange programme in South Korea.
:: 21 September - US telecoms firms Verizon Communications and Sprint Corp begin taking orders for new Note 7s.
:: 22 September - South Korea orders extra battery safety measures for Note 7s.
:: 23 September - A report of replacement device catching fire emerges in Richmond, Virginia.
:: 25 September - Samsung delays a resumption in Note 7 sales in South Korea by three days.
:: 29 September - Samsung announces more than one million people across the world are now using Note 7s with a safe battery.
:: 1 October - Samsung resumes selling new Note 7s in South Korea.
:: 5 October - A Southwest Airlines plane in the United States is evacuated after a replacement Note 7 ignites on board.
:: 9 October - AT&T and T-Mobile halt issuing new Note 7 smartphones due to safety concerns.
:: 10 October - Samsung adjusts Note 7 shipments for inspections, quality control due to more phones catching fire.
:: 11 October - Samsung asks customers who own an original or a replaced Galaxy Note 7 phone over safety concerns. It also halts production and sales and exchanges of the device globally as it investigates reports of fires in new devices. The firm's share price tumbles.