Dr.Traveler
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If the phones are ringing, but not one message came out of a plane with 200+ people on it, the likely scenario is that a sudden depressurization event killed the crew. In that case the plane could fly on for a while if it was still flight worthy putting it outside the search area and conceivably came down in good enough shape the phones survived.
If that sounds unlikely, we did have a plane in US airspace a few years back go unresponsive. When fighter escorts were sent they reported the plane had lost cabin pressure. All aboard were dead but the plane flew on. Given the insane protective cases folks buy these days for their phones, it's possible the plane came down in a way that let the phones survive.
If that sounds unlikely, we did have a plane in US airspace a few years back go unresponsive. When fighter escorts were sent they reported the plane had lost cabin pressure. All aboard were dead but the plane flew on. Given the insane protective cases folks buy these days for their phones, it's possible the plane came down in a way that let the phones survive.