A fall from almost 5,000 metres and it still works. It’s the story of a cell phone that fell from an Alaska Airlines Boeing which began mid-flight in the United States on Friday and would make anyone indignant who saw his cell phone break just one meter from the ground.
An Internet user declared on Sunday on X, formerly Twitter, that he had found it an iPhone on the side of a road near Portlandin the state of Oregon, where you could see it on the screen an email from the airline about your luggage.
«Still in airplane mode, with the battery half charged» wrote Seanathan Bates on X, fascinated by having found a device that had «survived a fall of approximately 5,000 meters perfectly intact».
Found an iPhone on the side of the road… Still in airplane mode with half battery and open at baggage claim #AlaskaAirlines ASA1282 Survived a 16,000 foot fall perfectly intact!
When I called him, Zoe answered @NTSB he said it was the SECOND phone to find. Still no door😅 pic.twitter.com/CObMikpuFd
— Seanathan Bates (@SeanSafyre) January 7, 2024
He posted a photo of the device working without any problems.
“Thank you for your help,” he wrote on the same network Monday. Jennifer Homendy, director of the US Transportation Safety Agency (NTSB), which is investigating the accident. «I would really like to meet you.»
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