CHICAGO: A Southwest Airlines flight leaving Louisville, Kentucky was evacuated Wednesday after a passenger's Samsung phone began emitting smoke.

Flight 994 was evacuated on the runway prior to takeoff after a passenger's Samsung Galaxy Note 7 -- described as a replacement in Samsung's global recall of the device -- apparently caught fire, the airline said.

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