Published 01/08/2024 7:10:00 p.m.

Phone Survives 16,000-Foot Drop From Dramatic Alaska Airlines In-Flight Incident: REPORT

A functioning iPhone, found on the side of the road after a mid-air incident on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, may provide crucial evidence for investigators.
The iPhone was in airplane mode with half a battery, a baggage claim ticket, and a piece of a broken charger still inside. It fell from the plane at 16,000 feet and remained intact.
Two additional cell phones were found and turned in to investigators, who will use them to aid in their investigation.

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The Independent

iPhone survives 16,000 foot drop from Alaska Airlines flight where panel ripped off

The device was discovered by residents close to where the incident occurred.

01/08/2024 6:42:20 p.m.·London, United Kingdom

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NDTV

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An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 MAX faced an emergency on January 6 after one of its doors blew open mid-air, minutes after take-off. The flight took off from Portland International Airport with 177 people onboard and made an emergency landing in the state of Oregon on Friday. US aviation authorities have found the door plug of an airplane panel that blew out, a part that could potentially help with the investigations into the cause of the acci…

01/08/2024 9:33:04 a.m.·New Delhi, India

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Hindustan Times

iPhone falls 16,000 feet from Alaska Airlines, emerges intact

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01/08/2024 1:42:56 p.m.·New Delhi, India

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

iPhone survives 16,000-foot fall from Alaska Air 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 16,000-foot tumble. Read full story

01/09/2024 1:00:00 a.m.·Malaysia

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CNN

iPhone survives 16,000-foot fall from Alaska Airlines flight 1282

Sean Bates says he found a phone that appears to have been sucked out of an Alaska Airlines plane after part of its fuselage blew off mid-flight.

01/08/2024 8:31:58 p.m.·Atlanta, United States

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The Washington Post

iPhone survives 16,000-foot fall from Alaska Air 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 the Boeing Co. 737 Max 9 jet's cabin remained in functioning condition after a 16,000-foot tumble.

01/08/2024 6:27:00 a.m.

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