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Alaska Airlines Flight 1282: How could iPhones survive a 16,000-foot drop?


X user Seanathan Bates documented how he had found an iPhone on the side of the road that came from an Alaska Airlines passenger and had seemingly survived the 16,000-foot drop "perfectly intact."

In a viral post, X user Seanathan Bates documented how he had found an iPhone on the side of the road that came from an Alaska Airlines passenger and had seemingly survived the 16,000-foot drop “perfectly intact.” In an email to TechCrunch, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board confirmed that it wasn’t just one device, but “two cell phones likely from the flight” that had been recovered and turned over to Alaska Airlines. Since iFixIt is famous for its repair guides, CEO and self-described fixer Kyle Wiens also knows a thing or two about broken devices.

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