{"id":54419,"date":"2024-01-08T13:34:49","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T08:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=54419"},"modified":"2025-01-05T12:23:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T06:53:27","slug":"iphone-survives-16000-feet-fall-from-alaska-airlines-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/08\/iphone-survives-16000-feet-fall-from-alaska-airlines-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone Luckily Survives the 16,000 ft Fall from Alaska Airlines AS1282 Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SEATTLE-<\/strong> The world&#8217;s largest technology company made Apple&#8217;s iPhone demonstrated extraordinary durability by surviving a dramatic 16,000-ft fall from an<a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?s=Alaska+Airlines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Alaska Airlines (AS)<\/a> <strong>AS1282 <\/strong>flight, which was en route from Portland, Oregon, to Ontario, California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The phone withstood the challenging experience when a window shattered on the <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?s=737+MAX\">Boeing 737-9 MAX aircraft<\/a>, leading to the suction of various items, including phones, mid-air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-31.png\" alt=\"iPhone Survives the 16,000 feet Fall from Alaska Airlines AS1282 Flight\" class=\"wp-image-54421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-31.png 695w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-31-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: Seanathan Bates | X (Formerly Twitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-iphone-survives-the-fall-from-alaska-airlines\">iPhone Survives the Fall From Alaska Airlines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) validated the incident and reported the discovery of another iPhone that remained fully functional after the fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the specific iPhone model has not been officially confirmed, images circulated on X suggest that it could be either an iPhone 14 Pro or iPhone 15 Pro, encased in a protective hard shell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Found an iPhone on the side of the road&#8230; Still in airplane mode with half a battery and open to a baggage claim for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AlaskaAirlines?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AlaskaAirlines<\/a> ASA1282 Survived a 16,000 foot drop perfectly in tact!<br><br>When I called it in, Zoe at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NTSB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NTSB<\/a> said it was the SECOND phone to be found. No door yet\ud83d\ude05 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CObMikpuFd\">pic.twitter.com\/CObMikpuFd<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Seanathan Bates (@SeanSafyre) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanSafyre\/status\/1744138937239822685?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sharing pictures of the recovered iPhone on X, Seanathan Bates commented, &#8220;Discovered an iPhone on the roadside&#8230; Still in airplane mode, with half a battery, and displaying a baggage claim for #AlaskaAirlines ASA1282. Survived a 16,000-foot drop completely intact! When I reported it, Zoe at @NTSB mentioned it was the SECOND phone found. No door found yet.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remarkably, the iPhone emerged from the intense free fall unscathed and fully operational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-19-1024x576.png\" alt=\"iPhone Survives the 16,000 feet Fall from Alaska Airlines AS1282 Flight\" class=\"wp-image-54208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-19-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-19-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-19-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-19-1600x900.png 1600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-19-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-19-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-19-750x422.png 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-19-1140x641.png 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: Alaska Airlines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-737-max-9-grounded\">737 MAX 9 Grounded<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After a harrowing midair incident involving a blown-out window and fuselage, prompting an emergency landing in Oregon, Alaska Airlines decided to ground its fleet of 65 Boeing 737-9 aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The occurrence took place shortly after takeoff, resulting in a loss of cabin pressure. The aircraft reached an altitude of 16,000 feet before returning to Portland International Airport. Fortunately, the plane safely landed with 174 passengers and six crew members on board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seanathan Bates discovered an iPhone with in-flight mode activated and SOS signaling while walking down Barnes Road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ironically, Alaska Airlines is still in the process of searching for the missing window that detached from the aircraft during the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned with us. Further, follow us on social media for the latest updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/s\/aviationa2z\" rel=\"nofollow\">Telegram Group\u00a0<\/a>for the Latest Aviation Updates. Subsequently, follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMPLdrgsw_-jGAw?hl=en-IN&amp;gl=IN&amp;ceid=IN%3Aen\">Google News<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-aviation-a-2-z wp-block-embed-aviation-a-2-z\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"JPnYMwRHt6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/05\/alaska-airlines-safety-reforms-after-flight-1282-incident\/\">One Year Later: Alaska Airlines&#8217; Safety Reforms After the Flight 1282 Incident<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;One Year Later: Alaska Airlines&#8217; Safety Reforms After the Flight 1282 Incident&#8221; &#8212; Aviation A2Z\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/05\/alaska-airlines-safety-reforms-after-flight-1282-incident\/embed\/#?secret=nhTYMEwY1U#?secret=JPnYMwRHt6\" data-secret=\"JPnYMwRHt6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iPhone demonstrated extraordinary durability by surviving a dramatic 16,000-foot fall from Alaska Airlines ASA 1282 flight, which was en route from Portland, Oregon, to Ontario, California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8577,6761,7308,7307],"tags":[190,11034,16545,16628,16616,16618,16629,16660,14153,16659],"class_list":{"0":"post-54419","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-aviation-incident","8":"category-news","9":"category-us-airlines-news","10":"category-usa-aviation-news","11":"tag-alaska-airlines","12":"tag-alaska-airlines-737-emergency","13":"tag-alaska-airlines-737-max","14":"tag-alaska-airlines-737-max-9","15":"tag-alaska-airlines-737-max-incident","16":"tag-alaska-airlines-as1282","17":"tag-alaska-airlines-grounds-737-max","18":"tag-alaska-airlines-iphone","19":"tag-iphone","20":"tag-iphone-survives-fall-from-alaska-airlines"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54419"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80704,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54419\/revisions\/80704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}