Texas man finds iPhone that fell 9,300 feet from plane

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Texas Businessman Finds iPhone That Fell From Plane
Texas Businessman Finds iPhone That Fell From Plane


If you've ever lost your phone you may relate to this story.

When Wichita Falls resident Ben Wilson was on a flight back from Houston on Monday in a small private plane, a sudden pressure change caused the passenger door to open.

Wilson managed to stay in the plane, but his phone tested out its skydiving skills.

"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 and in my briefcase but couldn't find it," Ben Wilson told the Wichita Falls Time Record Thursday.

Lucky for him, a tech-savvy employee used the iPhone tracking app "Find My iPhone" to locate the device more than 50 miles away.

The two set out to find the phone Tuesday, and ended up in a rural pasture in Jacksboro. They found the cellphone under a mesquite tree and to Wilson's surprise it still works despite falling 9,300 feet!

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