Airplane Crash Victims Found at Sea Thanks to iPhone Signal [IPhone]

A military airplane with 21 people aboard was lost over Chile's sea this weekend. It disappeared from radar and the authorities didn't know where it crashed. Surprisingly, they started to recover their bodies thanks to Apple's Find My iPhone feature.

Remains from the CASA 212 from Chile's Air Force were found floating in the sea near Tierra Banca and Playa Larga, in a zone between the islands of Robinson Crusoe and Santa Clara, and Juan Fernández airport.

The crash point was located thanks to one of the victims' relatives. The victim had an active iPhone at the time of the crash. Presumably out of desperation, the relative tried the Find My iPhone feature that Apple offers for iOS devices. Surprisingly, the phone appeared on the map in the computer, according to one of the military officials in charge of the search operation:

One of the passengers carried [an iPhone]. When it fell into the sea, it was located and one of the relatives sent us that information.

It's surprising that the iPhone survived the impact and continued to work, even more so because the crash was really extreme, according to the military sources:

None of the pieces so far recovered is bigger than 50 centimeters (20 inches) which confirms that the airplane suffered a high fragmentation [on impact]

The search teams—on the image—are now trying to recover the bodies from the bottom of the sea using two Proteus 1000 robots, but the weather conditions are extremely bad at this time. Military divers will start the recovery as soon as the conditions clear up, but four bodies have been found already. [Infobae—Thanks Fran Velazquez!]

Note: Someone changed the headline after publication by mistake. The title has been reverted to the original. —JD

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T-Mobile May Roll Out In-Home Signal Boosters For Cancelling Customers [T-Mobile]

If you've your T-mobile coverage at home is spotty at best, don't cancel your service just yet. If you wait until Wednesday, September 7th, T-Mo might just give you a free in-home signal booster to get you to stay.

According to leaked images obtained by TmoNews, the signal boosters will only be available to customers who threaten to cancel their service on account of poor in-home coverage. It's described as "a new device that boosts T-Mobile's 4G/3G signal throughout a home when installed," but does require at least one bar of 3G anywhere in the house to work. Just make sure you return it if you do end up cancelling your service, otherwise you'll be on the hook for as much as $500 in fees. [TMoNews via This Is My Next]

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