Find My IPhone Used To Locate Plane Crash In Chile 95
spagiola writes "Late last week, a military transport aircraft with 17 people on -board went missing near Robinson Crusoe, Chile. The relatives of one of the crash victims logged into Find My iPhone and were able to isolate the coordinates of the last known whereabouts of the plane before it crashed. From the article: 'Rear Admiral Francisco García-Huidobro explained the founding that
garnered a lot of attention today, and it has to do with an iPhone belonging to
one of the victims of the aereal accident in Juan Fernández, in a beach
in Bahía Carvajal. The phone signal could be captured thanks to the GPS system, however, water
ended up shutting it down. Nevertheless, García Huidoro explained that they
managed to plot the last position from where the signal was last generated, which
will be made public tomorrow.'"
Bah! (Score:4, Funny)
Which also explains the cause of the crash... (Score:5, Funny)
... someone didn't switch off their phone.
Re:Bah! (Score:5, Funny)
An Android phone would have lasted until the search party arrived!
The coming iPhone 5 would have safely landed the plane.
Re:Bah! (Score:5, Funny)
A Windows phone would've prevented the plane from taking off at all!