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iPhone Survives 16,000-Foot Drop After Alaska Airlines Plane Incident
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It only survived the drop because Airplane Mode was enabled
It's not an exit row seat. It's a normal seat, though the window is slightly misaligned. I believe it's 26A on Alaska (also 26F) - towards the back of the plane.
People don't believe anything actually happens anymore.
We're gonna need someone to drop it from space.
I know people like that too, but they only use their device for phone calls and text, and that’s it. There isn’t any personal information.
While we don’t know the charge level when it left the plane, I would think a phone in airplane mode—especially a newer one—could easily last a few days if not a week.
Agreed, and thanks to phones recording every dangerous event, we get detailed visuals for our imaginations to use.
[I also imagine more people will be keeping their seatbelts buckled.]
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I think it has crash detection but not drop detection.
Phones aren't that heavy, and if it hit branches before the ground then it makes sense that it still works.
It's just a shame it wasn't videoing at the time.
It's just a shame it wasn't videoing at the time.
I don’t believe that
It might have. iPhone isn’t super massive. If it landed in bushes with lots of leaves it could have escaped any serious damage.
Seems that’s a low bar these days 🙄
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The cabin rapidly decompressed, so it’s likely the phones owner was using the device at the time, and was blown out of the cabin.
You can also set auto lock to “never” (definitely not recommended), so it may never have timed out, and been usable by anyone locating it.
BTW: this is why you keep your seatbelt buckled on flights, had this happened during cruise (when seatbelts aren’t enforced), it could have been a lot more than iPhones being removed from the aircraft.
Let's not give NASA ideas now. 🤣
They might just drop it on the moon with whatever they are bringing with them next time.
Don’t forget to wear Depends. That way, once the plane takes off, you can stay belted in for the duration of the flight no matter how long it is.
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