iPhone Survives 16,000-Foot Drop After Alaska Airlines Plane Incident

[gijsmans]

YouTubers who do drop tests need to up their game

‘I’m inside a 737 and the panel should go any moment now dear viewers!”

 

[Makayla]

Props to the iPhone and the phone case.

Boeing? Not so much.

 

[pdoherty]

I’m willing to bet Seanathan Bates got a call or two from a couple of case manufacturer 😅
Also, what the hell kinda name is that? Parents got confused or couldn’t make up their minds? Sean or Jonathan, why not both? 🤷🏽‍♂️

No, no, they quite clearly crammed "Sean" and "Nathan" together (reusing the N in the middle).

 

[bevsb2]

Going to be an interesting trade in value on that one.

Probably worth a lot more at auction.

 

[kp98077]

Looks like 14 Pro Max. At-least they found the door plug too in a Portland teacher's backyard.

really was thinking a pro, what makes you think its a pm?

 

[raythompsontn]

Going to be an interesting trade in value on that one.

Who now owns the phone? The original owner or the NTSB or FAA since the phone is evidence in an incident?

 

[igord1]

For an average phone, it takes about 16.33 meters or 1.82 seconds to reach terminal velocity, so essentially, this fall is not much different from a 16.33m/53.6ft fall.

Considering an angled approach, a soft landing surface, and a case, it's much less miraculous that the phone survived.

If we ignore the soft landing surface and the angled approach, the kinetic energy at impact on a typical human would be ~73k Joules, vs a phone at "just" 32. 🤷‍♂️

 

[stevearm]

How convenient the phone was unlocked and was on the baggage receipt that says exactly which flight it came from.

 

[H2SO4]

For an average phone, it takes about 16.33 meters or 1.82 seconds to reach terminal velocity, so essentially, this fall is not much different from a 16.33m/53.6ft fall.

Considering an angled approach, a soft landing surface, and a case, it's much less miraculous that the phone survived.

If we ignore the soft landing surface and the angled approach, the kinetic energy at impact on a typical human would be ~73k Joules, vs a phone at "just" 32. 🤷‍♂️

That doesn't get people paying attention though.