Found an iPhone on the side of the road... Still in airplane mode with half a battery and open to a baggage claim for #AlaskaAirlines ASA1282 Survived a 16,000 foot drop perfectly in tact!
When I called it in, Zoe at @NTSB said it was the SECOND phone to be found. No door yet๐
Seanathan Bates
626 posts
Game Designer, Dad, and .NET Application Developer.
Gaming tweets at @thraysh (also my discord handle)
Vancouver, WA
Joined September 2017
- Replying to @SeanSafyreJust because so many are reaching out: I'm going to do one interview with KPTV tomorrow morning to show them where I found the phone. Other than that, I'm not going to make a whole media tour over finding a lost cell phone ๐
- Replying to @SeanSafyreIn case you didn't see it, there was a broken-off charger plug still inside it! Thing got *yanked* out the door (Sorry I didn't get a better pic before handing it over haha)
- Replying to @Wistfuldragon and @NTSBI naturally have to assume that Airplane mode helped it survive the fall ๐
- Replying to @fox12oregon and @NTSBI don't mind at all. I can show exactly where I found it if you want.
- Replying to @MarloFranson and @NTSBThe odds are wild especially that we found these phones before even finding the big ol' door panel ๐
- Replying to @SeanSafyreQuick video I just posted to TikTok summarizing how I found that passenger's phone
00:00 - Replying to @realgreatwang and @NTSBHahahahaha that's hilarious
- Replying to @SeanSafyreProper tiktok link: tiktok.com/t/ZPRcCD5Jt/
- Replying to @_notnotjake and @NTSBLock your phones! We all have private information that could get leaked. We would have found the owner regardless thanks to the sim or IMEI
- Replying to @RobHinged and @NTSBI tried to make a point of this when I talked to the reporter today. The odds of finding *something* in the area are pretty high. The odds of landing in something soft are high. The incredible luck was that it wasn't further into the woods. Statistical swiss cheese ๐
- Replying to @realBuchiEze and @NTSB"Senator Bates, how did your political career begin?" "Oh, I found a phone lying on the ground" ๐






