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iPhone from onboard Alaska Airlines incident found; survives 16,000-foot drop
We’ve seen drop tests, but nothing like this. While searching for the missing door plug from Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, a resident stumbled upon an intact iPhone on the side of the road. He soon discovered that it actually belonged to a passenger on the plane. On Friday, January 6, a door plug used for emergency exiting unexpectedly blew out on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 just minutes after takeoff over Portland, Oregon. Per its investigation, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) called on the public to help locate the missing door plug and other items that may have been thrown out of the plane. was part of the search efforts when he came across what appeared to be a lost iPhone lying under a bush on the side of a road. He noted when he picked it up, the device was “pretty clean with no scratches on it.” At first, Bates thought someone might have dropped it jogging or maybe was thrown from a moving car, but when he noticed it had battery and no passcode, he unlocked it, and saw a baggage claim confirmation email for flight Alaska Airlines Flight 1282. “I found a phone sitting on the side of the road that had apparently fallen 16,000 feet,” Bates said in a video posted to Twitter. It’s hard to tell which iPhone this could be. The is visible, which narrows it down to iPhone 14 Pro/Max or any from the lineup. Feel free to leave some analysis below. In case you didn't see it, there was a broken-off charger plug still inside it! Thing got *yanked* out the door (Sorry I didn't get a better pic before handing it over haha) The NTSB confirmed that the iPhone did come from a passenger onboard the Alaska Airlines flight. An NTSB staffer told Bates this was the second phone found. No images of the second phone have surfaced. Where iPhone was found on Barnes Rd. compared to flight path of ASA1282
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