An iPhone was found undamaged after a staggering 16,000- foot drop from Alaska Airlines flight 1282 on Sunday, January 7.
A person posted on X that ge discovered the phone and documented their findings with a set of images.
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
“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 intact! When I called it in, Zoe at @NTSB said it was the second phone to be found. No door yet”.
According to a report published by Verge, the phone remained intact because the ground absorbed most of the impact.