Here’s how that iPhone survived a 16,000-foot drop from the Alaska Airlines plane

9to5Mac— Back in January, a fully intact iPhone was discovered along the side of the road after plummeting 16,000 feet when a door blew off an Alaska Airlines flight. At the time, we pointed out that it was pretty incredible the iPhone 14 Pro Max survived such a dramatic fall. The Wall Street Journal’s Joanna Stern, however, was determined to get more answers. more

CNN—One climber dies, one survives with traumatic injuries after 1,000-foot fall off mountain in Alaska’s Denali National Park. One person is dead and another is seriously injured after a two-person climbing team fell 1,000 feet while ascending a mountain in Alaska’s Denali National Park on Thursday. The two roped climbers were climbing the “the Escalator” route on Mt. Johnson, which is a “steep and technical alpine climb on the peak’s southeast face” involving a “mix of steep rock, ice, and snow,” according to a release from the park. Another climbing party on the same route saw the fall and alerted the Alaska Regional...

Gephardt Daily—Climber dead, another injured in 1,000-foot fall on Alaska’s Mount Johnson. April 27 (UPI) — A mountain climber died and another was badly injured this week after falling 1,000 feet while trying to ascend Mount Johnson in Alaska‘s Denali National Park, park officials say. The pair were climbing the 8,400-foot mountain when they fell Thursday night, the National Park Service said in a statement. The pair were connected […] The post Climber dead, another injured in 1,000-foot fall on Alaska’s Mount Johnson first appeared on Gephardt Daily.

WKBN.com—Climber dies after 1,000-foot fall on Alaska peak. Another climbing party witnessed the fall and helped tend to the woman’s climbing partner.