Passenger phone found on ground after Alaska Airlines emergency
Passenger phone found on ground after Alaska Airlines emergency
NTSB investigators arrived in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday to begin their investigation into what happened on Alaska Flight 1282.
"I found a phone sitting on the side of the road that had apparently fallen 16,000 feet," Bates said in a video recorded for social media Sunday.
He said he was "a little skeptical" when he first found it, thinking perhaps it may have been tossed out of a passing vehicle. But the phone wasn't locked, so he opened it up, he said.
"It was in airplane mode with a travel confirmation and baggage claim for Alaska 1282," Bates said. "So, I had to go call the NTSB."
It’s kinda shitty that ABC ran a picture with the recipient’s name unobscured…
the fact that "the phone wasn't locked" surprised me more than its surviving the fall 🙃 then i realized the discrepancy. i should stop reading posts in privacy communities 🙂
Some people are sane and use cases and glass screen protectors. Phones dont have a great enough terminal velocity to damage the internals. People get cases and throw band new iphones out of apartment buildings
Also if it landed on grass or fell through thin tree branches, there is almost no chance of damage.
I have yet to understand the "discrepancy". Which brand doesn't default to locking the phone automatically after a short timeout? I've never had a smartphone that stays unlocked.
I just wanna know what brand of phone case was on that phone.
Some phone case company is about to get some serious free advertising
Typically whenever you hear about stuff like this, it brands like uag (urban armor gear) and otterbox.
It was still in Airplane mode.
That's why it survived the landing.
God damn it. I envy the effortless wittiness of some of you.
Airplane mode engages the parachute
Surely you can't be serious?
(Oh, wait, wrong Airplane....)
I am serious — and don’t call me Shirley.
Damn, this ARG stuff goes hard.