iPhone is accidentally dropped from a plane at 2,000feet – but owner finds it intact after landing on a beach in Brazil (and it even filmed its fall to the ground)
- Ernesto Galiotto was using his phone from a small plane above Rio de Janeiro
- The passenger fumbled and dropped the iPhone 6s from the window
- He used an app to find it on a beach where it was still intact with minor scratches
An iPhone 6s that was dropped from a plane at 2,000ft survived the fall with only a few scratches and even recorded its descent.
Ernesto Galiotto was trying to capture a video from the window of the small plane while flying over a beach in Brazil.
The environmentalist and filmmaker was in the passenger seat as they overlooked the stunning coast of Rio de Janeiro.
An iPhone 6s that was dropped from a plane at 2,000ft survived the fall with only a few scratches, and even recorded its descent
A camera fitted inside the plane recorded the moment Galiotto held his phone aloft and fumbled it, causing it to fall to the ground outside.
He initially showed his annoyance as the phone quickly dropped 2,000ft where it landed near the beach without harming anyone
Using the Find My iPhone app, Galiotto located his phone where it was remarkably still intact.
Ernesto Galiotto was trying to capture a video from the window of the small plane while flying over a beach in Brazil
The environmentalist and filmmaker was in the passenger seat as they overlooked the stunning coast of Rio de Janeiro
It survived the fall with only a few scratches, Brazilian news outlet G1 reported.
The device had only been fitted with a standard silicone case and a screen protector.
Galiotto said: ‘I had faith that I would recover it. I thought, “If it didn’t fall in the water, we’ll find it.”
A camera fitted inside the plane recorded the moment Galiotto held his phone aloft and fumbled it, causing it to fall to the ground outside
He initially showed his annoyance as the phone quickly dropped 2,000ft where it landed near the beach without harming anyone
‘But for a few meters I could have hit someone, and, at that height I was flying, 2,000 feet, it was going to be a tragedy, can you imagine? But it wasn’t a tragedy, it had many emotions.’
The footage shows the filmmaker’s surprise as he finds the iPhone on the beach still working after the huge fall.
He said: ‘It’s something that, if you tell someone, they won’t believe.’
The device had only been fitted with a standard silicone case and a screen protector
The footage shows the filmmaker’s surprise as he finds the iPhone on the beach still working after the huge fall