[Red Badger]

Ping!.....................

[Yo-Yo]

I would guess that an iPhone would hit terminal velocity within about 100 feet or so.

Once it hits terminal velocity, it doesn’t matter if it falls 100 feet or 16,000 feet. It will still hit the ground with the same velocity.

[Verginius Rufus]

Steve Kelley’s cartoon today has a man holding a cell phone at an Alaska Airlines counter at the airport requesting, “A seat as far as possible from the door plug, please...I just bought this phone.”

[Allegra]

Takes a licking and keeps on ticking.

[HamiltonJay]

Well terminal velocity probably isn’t horrible, given it was probably tumbling and the size of an iphone, my bet is its terminal velocity is about 30 MPH.. havent run the math, but that would be my guess that it would be around that.

So provided it landed on grass or other soft surface, and depending the angle it hit, the fact it survived the fall while impressive, isn’t really miraculous.

[bigbob]

And just like that, a whole new advertising campaign presents itself...

[ProtectOurFreedom]

"...with the window open" -- Uh, not exactly!!

THIS is an "open window."

[frank ballenger]

Older people will remember the John Cameron Swayze Timex watch commercials ending with “It takes a licking and keeps on ticking.”

[libh8er]

iPhone goes to the bottom of Lake Tahoe (1600 ft)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHH09XXhqLs

[Ezekiel]

1282: ‘Perfectly Intact’

That's good news.

Is that an "SOS" message in the corner?

I consulted my list. I have just two entries for 1282.

1282 is "good news" (basar, glad tidings) spelled out in full.

בשר

This word:

Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound:

That's Flight 1282 for you. It's like something right out of the Sound of Music, because

"When the Lord closes a door, somewhere He opens a window."

Spelled in full (the letters bet sin resh):

בית שין ריש

(In case anyone is interested. 502 for the normal word value. )

🍷

All in the timing with the SOD going missing. 🤔

[justme4now]

There is no such thing as a set “terminal velocity!”

A typical terminal velocity for a parachutist who delays opening the chute is about 150 miles per hour.

How about the guy who jumped from a high altitude balloon at the edge of space?

He broke the sound barrier.

[Jim Noble]

How come it doesn’t say, “It looks like you’ve had a hard fall”?

[Swordmaker]

iPhone falls from Alaska Airlines flight accident (all passengers survive) at 16,000 feet when non-used overwing emergency door plug blows out and plane depressuraizes pulling out loose papers, devices, and baggage. Iphone survives intact and working!—PING!

APPLE iPhone Survives Intact16,000 Ft. Fall— PING!

If you want on or off the Apple/Mac/iOS Ping List, Freepmail me.

[CodeJockey]

Must have had auto-lock set to never. Not a good thing.