A US businessman has inadvertently demonstrated the utility of the Find My iPhone app, after using it to locate his phone dropped 9,300ft during a flight from Houston.
Ben Wilson and his pilot were travelling across Texas in a Beechcraft Bonanza when a sudden pressure change caused a door to come ajar, causing some belongings, including the phone, to be sucked out of the craft.
It fell 2,835m to hit the ground in a rural pasture beneath a mesquite tree, where it lay until Wilson returned to the scene armed with a GPS tracker.
Recalling the incident Wilson told the Witchita Falls Times record News: “The pressure popped and a newspaper flew out but I didn’t see the phone go. After we got back I looked for it on the floor [of the plane] and in my briefcase but couldn’t find it.”
Fortunately for Wilson the phone was still fully functional despite its high velocity descent.
Like what you see? We can email it to you
