An iPhone that fell from a passenger plane flying at an altitude of 4900 meters is found on the ground almost intact
On January 6, 2024 local time, an accident occurred on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, where a wall panel at the rear of the aircraft was blown off immediately after takeoff. The passenger's iPhone, which was thrown out of the plane as a result of this accident, was found almost intact despite falling from about 16,000 feet (about 4,900 meters).
Apple iPhone Survives Fall From Alaska Airlines Flight 1282's Boeing Max 9 - Bloomberg
iPhone survives 16,000-foot fall after door plug blows off Alaska Air flight 1282 | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/iphone-survives-16000-foot-fall-after-door-plug-blows-off-alaska-air-flight-1282/
In the accident of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on January 6, 2024, the entire left rear wall panel of the aircraft was blown off immediately after takeoff. The aircraft immediately turned back and made an emergency landing, and none of the 177 passengers and crew were injured.
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In this accident, a part called a 'door plug' unexpectedly fell off, but when an accident like this normally occurs, a sudden depressurization phenomenon occurs, and passengers and baggage inside the aircraft are thrown out of the aircraft. It will be lost.
Fortunately, no passengers were thrown out of the plane, but the iPhone they were holding was blown out of the plane from an altitude of approximately 4,900 meters.
On January 7, 2024, game developer Shonathan Bates discovered an unidentified iPhone on the side of a road in Portland, Oregon. According to Bates, the discovered iPhone was in airplane mode, had no passcode lock, and had several hours of battery life left.
Found an iPhone on the side of the road... Still in airplane mode with half a battery and open to a baggage claim for #AlaskaAirlines ASA1282 Survived a 16,000 foot drop perfectly in tact!
— Seanathan Bates (@SeanSafyre) January 7, 2024
When I called it in, Zoe at @NTSB said it was the SECOND phone to be found. No door yet??? pic.twitter.com/CObMikpuFd
When Mr. Bates checked his smartphone, he found an email from Alaska Airlines regarding baggage claim, raising the possibility that it was the iPhone that fell in the Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 accident.
In a press conference on January 7, 2024, Jennifer Homendy, chair of the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), who received the report from Mr. Bates, said that so far, two smartphones that fell from aircraft have been found. I admitted that there is. Homendy said, ``We intend to return the smartphone to its owner after conducting an investigation.'' The other smartphone was discovered in the garden of a residence.
The iPhone that was discovered this time was almost intact, but the cable plug was left in the charging terminal with a torn cable. Therefore, it is believed that the iPhone discovered this time was thrown out of the aircraft while charging.
In case you didn't see it, there was a broken-off charger plug still inside it! Thing got *yanked* out the door
— Seanathan Bates (@SeanSafyre) January 8, 2024
(Sorry I didn't get a better pic before handing it over haha) pic.twitter.com/tMQ7XQNHeW
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