[ghaff]

While the consequences are less severe, losing them in the seat is one reason I absolutely will not use wireless earphones when flying. I did drop a phone once into a seat but the flight attendant was able to recover it.

> didn’t dare tell anyone that I didn’t turn it onto airplane mode before I dropped it.

I try to remember if only to preserve battery life but I'm willing to bet the vast majority of people don't.

[cjrp]

My wife dropped her engagement ring in to a China Airlines seat. Luckily, since it was a flight to Taiwan, we were able to use chopsticks to retrieve the ring from inside the seat!