IPhone Survives 16,000-foot Fall From Alaska Airlines Flight

A man inspects a hole in the cabin of a Boeing airplane, the result of a fuselage panel blowing off mid-flight (Credit: AFP)

Now that's what you call airplane mode -- an iPhone that plummeted 16,000 feet (5,000 meters) from an Alaska Airlines flight landed without a single crack in the screen and even a battery still half-charged.

The phone was sucked out of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on Friday when a fuselage panel blew off, leaving a gaping hole. The passenger plane made an emergency landing shortly after, with all aboard safe.