
If you've ever dropped an iPhone from a few feet and turned it over to find a mess of cracked glass, there's a chance this story could annoy you. Cracked screens and back panels are some of the most common repairs on iPhones, and it's easy to see why.
And yet, one fell from 16,000 feet and managed to survive pretty much unscathed. The device – as shared by its discoverer on Twitter – is said to have fallen from the Alaska Airlines flight 1282. That made headlines this week when a portion of the plane shell broke away just after take off.