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iPhone that fell from hole in Alaska 737 MAX flight is found, still open to Mail
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#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's no way it's 20-40 mph. They're dense enough for much higher velocities.
Confirmed on wolframalpha. Terminal velocity is about 9mph https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=terminal+velocity+of+an...
1.28sqm projected surface area? That's a very a big iphone.
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#123Earlier quoted context omitted.
Apple's going to add plane crash to their crash detection marketing real soon.
They could have before, back when I worked for apple support I took call from someone who was in a small prop plane crash and called in because the laptop was still intact but the screen cracked; they ended up comping the entire thing (and some more stuff) because the story was good.
You’re telling me I just need some radical stories to get better support? Noted.
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#124my eyebrows may have raised when they left washington years ago, but these recent safety incidents have really caused me to start to doubt the new whartonized boeing's commitment to sparkle motion...
I honestly think that subtle and accepted incompetence is becoming pervasive all around, and airplane manufacturers aren't excluded from that. We need to strongly move back to a meritocracy otherwise our civilization will fall, one airplane door at a time.
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#125Re: iPhone that fell from hole in Alaska 737 MAX flight is found, still open to Mail
#126It is strange two phones have been found, but not the door. Most of the Cedar Hills/Beaverton area is houses and shops with sporadic green spaces that aren’t that large in comparison. It is possible the door fell into a green space, but the odds are it did not. I imagine it is in someone’s backyard, but it is January in rainy Oregon. People aren’t doing yard work right now. I wouldn’t be surprised if it isn’t found u…
Edit: it has been found! I’m on mobile and not able to find a better link right now, but here’s an NTSB spokesperson discussing it: https://www.facebook.com/story.php/?id=100064737668850&story ... Sounds like the thing in the woods mentioned below was not the real deal and just some other bit of garbage or something that was dumped in the brush. Previous comment: I live in this neighborhood and saw a post on Nextdoor…
that ain't it. here on a better source
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/07/us/alaska-airlines-faa-plug-d...
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#127Earlier quoted context omitted.
Likely because the aim is to find the actual owner of the phone?
It is not very smart to find owner this way, when you can just reach the airline, which has contacts of all passengers.
If I was the passenger I’d want to know it’s found and have the possibility of finding the finder. Best would be to post it online like this—I’d see it that way. If they turn it in to the airline it’s probably going to be stuck in bureaucracy for months. If they turn it in to the NTSB, it’ll be gone for years.
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#128Looks like it was in a protective case — can anyone tell what kind?
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#129Re: iPhone that fell from hole in Alaska 737 MAX flight is found, still open to Mail
#130Earlier quoted context omitted.
I never trusted/liked protective cases. Modern phones are already too big, and I feel like the added bulk makes it more likely that I will drop it. Having been using the same IPhone 12 Pro Max for a few years now without a case. It has survived quite a few falls from a table by now, no screen cracked, only some dents and scratches on the chassis.
Many decent cases are relatively thin and don't add more than a few millimeters in my experience. It's only when you start getting into stuff like Otterboxes or similar that cases have a very chunky factor.
I find that even something like the 15 Pro is borderline too big. It’s already quite hard to use one handed, adding a few mm from a case makes it noticeably worse - for me at least.