An iPhone landed intact, unlocked and with hours of battery life remaining on a roadside, according to a post on X. The screen showed an email from Alaska Airlines about a baggage claim for the flight
Among the harrowing details of the blown-off fuselage panel that triggered a sudden decompression event on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, one revelation seemed to defy the laws of physics: one of the mobile phones that had been sucked out of Boeing Co. 737 MAX 9 jet’s cabin remained in functioning condition after a 4900 metres tumble.
A new-generation Apple Inc. iPhone landed intact, unlocked and with hours of battery life remaining on a Portland, Oregon roadside, according to a post on X by a user calling himself Seanathan Bates, who said he discovered the device.
The screen showed an email from Alaska Airlines about a baggage claim for the flight, based on Bates’ photos.
