2024-01-08 13:41:11
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While the location of the famous emergency hatch lost by the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max, during its takeoff on January 5, has just been identified, a iPhoneiPhone who was ejected from the plane during depressurization had already been found. The iPhone was discovered intact on the side of a road in airplane mode and with 50% battery. Testifying to the violence of the depressurization, the end of the Lightning plug remained inserted, the rest of the cable was cut.
Sean Bates who found the phone knew that it was indeed a phone from this plane, because the passenger had received an email from the company concerning his luggage for this flight.
The iPhone was found on the side of a road and was turned over to the US Air Accident Investigation Bureau. © Seanathan Bates
5,000 meters of free fall
When the hatch detached during the climb to 5,000 meters, the unoccupied seat nearby was ejected and two passengers on the flight had their phones snatched from their hands. This iPhone therefore survived a free fall of 5,000 meters, certainly falling on vegetation before hitting the ground, a few meters from the bitumenbitumen.
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