iPhone drops from airplane at an altitude of over 4000 meters above sea level and remains unharmed due to protective case.
Last Friday, on January 5th, Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, a Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft, was flying from Portland, Oregon, to Ontario, California, when it experienced a sudden drop in cabin pressure shortly after takeoff. The delivery door, located near the rear section of the aircraft, exploded at an altitude of approximately 16,000 feet.
The strange thing about this story is that a resident of Portland posted on X website that he found an iPhone, possibly an iPhone 15, near the area that reportedly contained debris such as aircraft panels and insulation. The person, identified as Seanathan Bates, claims to have survived a 4000 meter fall from the plane without any harm. Interestingly, the iPhone 15 found not only had a case and screen protector, but it was also unlocked, possibly because it did not have a passcode, and it confirmed the travel booking for the mentioned Alaska Airlines flight.
Bates contacted the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and was told that this was the second phone to be found after falling from the flight. This is not a new story. In 2021, a similar incident occurred to a pilot while trying to take a picture at an altitude of 3400 meters, and he dropped his iPhone.
But iPhones not only survive falls from airplanes, they also survive months at the bottom of the sea. Like a previous story where an iPhone 12 was found and returned after being underwater for three months. Fortunately, it also did not have a passcode, so the person who found it was able to return it to the owner.
The key element was that the iPhone that fell from the plane had a protective case, which protected it from a potentially fatal accident. This fact was confirmed by the company itself through their personal Twitter account (officially known as X). As seen in the shared post, Spigen received an email informing them that the iPhone that fell from the plane was wearing the protective case manufactured by the company.
The mystery was solved. The phone was an iPhone 14 Pro that survived the fall from the plane due to the Spigen Cryo Armor protective case, which can be purchased for around $35 on Amazon, depending on the color and model desired.
