By John Glenday

A US businessman has inadvertently demonstrated the utility of the Find My iPhone app, after using it to locate his phone dropped 9,300ft during a flight from Houston.

Ben Wilson and his pilot were travelling across Texas in a Beechcraft Bonanza when a sudden pressure change caused a door to come ajar, causing some belongings, including the phone, to be sucked out of the craft.

It fell 2,835m to hit the ground in a rural pasture beneath a mesquite tree, where it lay until Wilson returned to the scene armed with a GPS tracker.

Recalling the incident Wilson told the Witchita Falls Times Read full story ›

Source: The Drum