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iPhone that fell from hole in Alaska 737 MAX flight is found, still open to Mail

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Post by codetrotter »

hackernewds wrote: post #126
rattus_rattus wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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...

Disappointed there is no photo of what it looked like when it was found. As in a photo of the door at the place it was found before anyone moved it anywhere.

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Post by ghaff »

masklinn wrote: post #191
paulddraper wrote: post #180

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Then why does my phone break when I drop it?

Surface, angle of contact, luck. One of my phones made multiple falls onto asphalt and iron grates to no worse than superficial edge band scratches. One day it flipped onto my desk from a few inches and that cracked the screen.

Yeah. I’ve dropped my phone though rarely hard. A few months ago I was hiking with the phone in my pocket and some sort of impact (there was a lot of scrambling over rock) caved in the phone from the back through the case and completely destroyed it.

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Post by emmelaich »

pxeboot wrote: post #116
foota wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe they did this to help the phone find it's owner?

I imagine this will end up in an NTSB evidence warehouse for years.

    Maj. Eaton : We have top men working on it right now.
    Indiana : Who?
    Maj. Eaton : Top... men.

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Post by ghaff »

Beldin wrote: post #157
xcv123 wrote: post #148

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Airplane mode allows bluetooth, so it is trackable through Find My.

I was rather surprised at this comment. A quick google later it seems that airplane mode turns off all radio communication (as I suspected), but apparently it is possible to turn Bluetooth or WiFi on while remaining in airplane mode. At least for some phones. Honestly did not consider that.

I fly regularly with an iPhone and use United’s WiFi entertainment on a regular basis. Also I often switch on airplane mode when I don’t want an international plan to activate and use WiFi all the time.

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Post by martin-adams »

imgabe wrote: post #163
neilv wrote: post #91

I would've preferred that the identifying information of the person had been edited out. The phone's owner experienced a traumatic incident. Which furthermore is under investigation. Posting some kind of photo feels OK, however, since finding the phone is arguably newsworthy. And the Twitter poster says that it was open to that email, suggesting that they didn't go snooping through the phone. A little privacy redacti…

It's crazy to me that the phone hasn't locked automatically. Do people really walk around with their phones set to never lock and turn the screen off? Mine times out after 5 minutes.

It depends on your settings I guess. I'll put my phone down on an app only to find out half and hour later it's still open.

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Post by unglaublich »

aurareturn wrote: post #2

A lot of things went into my head: * The iPhone owner didn't put a password/passcode? * Damn, he paid Alaska $70 for baggage fee? * Now we know an iPhone will survive falling from the sky

Lufthansa wanted $450,- for an oversized bag (300cm sides, 30kg) on a 3h flight. Awful company.

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Post by akira2501 »

snvzz wrote: post #67

it was found... unlocked and displaying Mail application. Sure this level of shock would have registered on its accelerometers, right? How come it did not do the obvious right thing from a security perspective, which is to lock itself?

I assume it partly depends on how much lateral velocity the phone had. If it landed at a good angle with respect to the train and "slid" away most of it's energy, then perhaps nothing unusual would be noticed.

Anyways is it the obvious thing to lock a phone merely because of a large jolt?

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Post by akira2501 »

lethal-radio wrote: post #123
hobs wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

You've ascended to "Tier: Radical" support. How may we serve you?

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Post by Shank »

imgabe wrote: post #163
neilv wrote: post #91

I would've preferred that the identifying information of the person had been edited out. The phone's owner experienced a traumatic incident. Which furthermore is under investigation. Posting some kind of photo feels OK, however, since finding the phone is arguably newsworthy. And the Twitter poster says that it was open to that email, suggesting that they didn't go snooping through the phone. A little privacy redacti…

It's crazy to me that the phone hasn't locked automatically. Do people really walk around with their phones set to never lock and turn the screen off? Mine times out after 5 minutes.

I disable auto-lock. The primary reason for this is that I’m extremely intentional about using my phone. If I have some content open, I don’t want the screen turning off.

This is an atypical choice, but I always lock when I’m done and don’t encounter any issues from this choice.

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