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iPhone 17 Pro found ‘pristine’ after surviving fall from airplane 43%
By Ryan Christoffel63%
7/31/2026, 11:04:13 AM
Topics: Mobile Technology, Consumer Electronics
BS Summary: This article contains 16 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Negativity Bias, and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 35% saturation with 105 hits. Analysis detected 428 faulty-reasoning hits from 300 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 41% and a BS Rank of 43% (14,734 of 25,457 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 57.90% of the article peer group.
When iPhone 17 Pro launched, Apple touted the device’s improved durability.
One user just put that claim to the test—unintentionally—and came away shocked after her iPhone 17 Pro survived an airplane fall unscathed.
iPhone 17 Pro with no case fell 1.1km out of airplane and came away unscathed
Have you ever accidentally dropped your iPhone from the passenger seat of a plane?
It’s certainly not advisable.
But if you do, you might be surprised how well the device survives.
Per a new video report shared by CBC, Heather Cline was recently seated as a passenger in the plane her husband was flying in Saskatchewan when her iPhone took an unfortunate dive.
The iPhone 17 Pro was in a case initially, but per Cline, “the airstream sucked the phone right out of the case.”
From there, it fell out of the airplane and dropped 1.1 kilometers (or about 2/3 of a mile).
Though they might have otherwise considered it lost, the couple saw that the iPhone was still showing up on Find My.
So they decided to go search for it.
And when they found it, face-up in a canola field, it was “pristine.”
Here’s the full story via Instagram:
To be fair, for every amazing story of the iPhone’s durability, there are also plenty of reports of enduring damage after a short fall from a pocket.
Regardless, Cline’s story is an impressive testament to the hardware quality of Apple products.
Do you have your own story of iPhone durability—or the lack thereof?
Let us know in the comments.
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