An iPhone that was sucked out ofAlaska Airlines flying 1282 during a depressurizationon January 5 is still work after being find on the side of a route .
Sean Bates detect the iPhone while walking on Barnes Road in Portland , Oregon . Bates post on X ( formerly Twitter ) that the equipment , “ hold up a 16,000 fundament free fall absolutely in tact [ sic ] ! ” The iPhone had a 44 percentage electric battery mission and was in Airplane modal value .
Found an iPhone on the side of the route … Still in airplane way with half a battery and open to a luggage claim for#AlaskaAirlinesASA1282 Survived a 16,000 foot fall perfectly in tact!When I called it in , Zoe at@NTSBsaid it was the SECOND phone to be chance . No threshold yet 😅 pic.twitter.com / CObMikpuFd
In a video follow - up on TikTok , Bates say that the iPhone did not have the lock projection screen set off , so he was capable to get at the speech sound . When he did , he picture a baggage receipt from Alaska Airlines . Bates points out in afollow - up X postthat the charger connector was still plugged into the headphone , but the overseas telegram was yank from the connector .
quick fib of how I found a earpiece that drop 16,000 feet 😅 definitely belonged to a rider on#alaskaairlines#asa1282pics are on X
It ’s not clear as to the model of the iPhone , but since it has a Dynamic Island , it ’s at least an iPhone 14 Pro and could be an iPhone 15 or iPhone 15 Pro . The iPhone was in a case and had a screen protector , and Bates found the iPhone under a bush that seemingly helped break the phone ’s fall .
Bates report the finding to the National Transportation Safety Board ( NTSB ) , and an agent mentioned that the iPhone was one of two mobile phones from the flight that was found . No report have been made on the condition of the other phone .
The Find My functionality in Io needs Wi - Fi , Bluetooth , and cellular connectivity to work , but Airplane way , bydefault in iOS , plough off this connectivity . So using ascertain My to locate the earphone would have been unsuccessful .
On January 5 , a Boeing 737 Max 9 plane took off from Portland International Airport and reached 16,000 foot in the air when adoor plugbecame detach from the plane , have a depressurization of the cabin . Several items were sucked out of the plane , but the sheet was able to return to the airdrome will all 174 passengers and six gang members on board . The Federal Aviation Administration tell thegrounding of all Boeing 737 Max 9 planesa day after the accident .
