Surviving a 3,600-Foot Airplane Drop

Your iPhone 17 Pro can drop out of an airplane at 3,600 feet and survive without a single scratch. That actually happened when an artist dropped her phone out of a plane window over Canada. She used the Find My app to track it down in a soft canola field. When she picked it up, it was completely unharmed and working perfectly. How is that even possible? Physics did the heavy lifting. Smartphones reach terminal velocity pretty quickly. That means falling from 3,600 feet has the same impact as dropping it from a tall building. Its flat shape acts like a mini parachute, spreading the force across the frame. Pair that with soft ground, and you get a total miracle survival. Maybe don't test this yourself!