January 8th 2024.
Sean Bates stumbled upon an incredible find: an iPhone that had been sucked out of an Alaskan Airlines flight, which had lost part of its fuselage mid-air. According to Sean, he found the phone lying by the side of the road in perfect condition, after it had been tossed from the 16,000 feet high aircraft. Incredibly, none of the 177 passengers on board the flight were injured after the plane made an emergency landing.
The game designer posted a picture of the mobile on X and wrote: "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!"
After the US National Transportation Safety Board asked people to keep an eye out for anything that might have fallen out of the plane, Sean decided to take a walk in the area. To his delight, he soon noticed the device, still in flight mode and with the remains of a charging cable plugged in, had a baggage receipt for the particular flight.
The plane was grounded after the incident and the NTSB began their investigation. Jennifer Homendy from NTSB reported the scene was 'very chaotic', with the force of the air ripping the headsets off the co-pilot and captain, and debris being pulled from the walls.
Sean Bates' X post has had 9.3 million views, with many people asking about the phone's seemingly indestructible case. Bob, a school teacher from Portland, even found the 26 by 48 inch, 63 pound door plug in his garden.
The story of Sean's find is truly remarkable, with the iPhone surviving the 16,000 foot high drop perfectly intact. It is a reminder of the incredible strength of modern technology.
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