Passenger phone found on ground after Alaska Airlines emergency
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"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."
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That's why it survived the landing.
God damn it. I envy the effortless wittiness of some of you.
Airplane mode engages the parachute