iPhone survives fall from Alaska Airlines midair blowout

Affiliate Disclosure If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Read our ethics policy . iPhone survives fall from Alaska Airlines midair blowout William Gallagher | Jan 08, 2024 The recovered iPhone was open at an Alaska Airline's baggage claim 0 Facebook x.com Reddit In mid 2020 , an iPhone that fell 1,000 feet from a light aircraft had a damaged screen protector.

But now a completely undamaged iPhone has been found after being sucked out of the Alaska Airline's Boeing 737 Max 9 flight which lost an entire door shortly after takeoff from Portland, Oregon. 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! When I called it in, Zoe at @NTSB said it was the SECOND phone to be found.

No door yet pic.twitter.com/CObMikpuFd — Seanathan Bates (@SeanSafyre) January 7, 2024 It was found by Seanathan Bates, who reports that the iPhone was in airplane mode, had around 50% battery charge, and was opened to an Alaska Airline's baggage claim. He goes on to say that part of a charger was plugged into the phone, broken off when the iPhone "got 'yanked' out the door." Bates reported the missing phone to the National Transportation Safety Board, and says a representative from the NTSB told him this was the second phone to be recovered after the accident.

The iPhone survived a fall of around 16,000 feet, but it did have a hard protective case. In late 2020 , a skydiver dropped his iPhone from 14,000 feet and it survived, also with an apparently rugged case..