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**Corrected**If your flight left Hong Kong at 9:34pm this is the flight it is on!!
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The only problem is that you can't be sure your phone is on it. It probably hasn't gone through customs that quick...
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Or it could not be going out until tomorrow?
I don't think there is anything on the plane but iPhones. The Plane only landed in Alaska to clear customs that's why it was only there for about 2 hours. We will see in a few hours.
You and I must be using different Internets then!
Unless you meant mature as a euphemism for senile...
Custom Clearance is completed at the first port of entry into the United States, not at a HUB. Logistics is my business, it's what I do everyday, with that said I am sure UPS had already sent the manifest ahead of landing.
I am impressed how you people tracked it down to the plane tho!!
What they do (FedEx and ups) is send everything to a large central hub for sorting like Memphis Super Hub for FedEx and St Louis for ups. Also major hubs in Indianapolis and Oakland for FedEx and Ontario and Louisville for ups are used for sorting as well.
Our packages will not be separated until they get to these hubs. I'm guessing they are being moved off the plane to the plane scheduled for Louisville. They would use the Ontario flight for international shipments scheduled for delivery tomorrow or the next day.
Peronally I think Apple would want to have complete control like they do over everything else. I think they take over a certain amount of planes and nothing but iPhones are on them. Think about it there has to at least a couple of million 1 pound packages on their way here from China. There is no time to have these packages mixed in with other packages. This is just my thinking. I could be wrong.(But I don't think I am
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I think the planes can clear customs quickly because there is not anything else on them but iPhones. The custom agents have the manifest of the plane before it lands so all they have to do is make an inspection of the cargo hold and that's it.
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Thanks Dave. i Appreciate the nice comments.
Yes customs would have been delt with in Alaska. But there really wouldn't have been anything to do since the shipment has been previously scheduled. Customs could've cleared the shipment weeks ago.
Good Point I did not get a departure scan so maybe it was taken off the plane. Did anyone receive a departure scan from Alaska around 5:00pm???
Mine is on UPS 109 heading to Louisville about midnight. I got in real early, about 3:05 am my time.
I have ordered the last 3 phones through apple and it's going to Ontario, ca. I ave never had it go from Alaska to KY. It's always gone to ontario then gets shipped out from there.
We will see when the next scan shows up
We will see when the next scan shows up
It looks like the adjusted flight 69's info and if its now correct it left hong kong at around 7:00pm so it could not be our plane. It looks like if you have a departure scan from Hong Kong at 9:34 your iPhone is on flight 59. I updated the link below.
Lands in Anchorage Alaska at 3:33pm Local time(which might change). Here they come!!
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UPS59
**UPDATE** Plane is scheduled to leave Alaska at 5:05pm and land in Ontario, CA at 10:28pm. (that's like 40 miles from me!!!)
I'm in LA (Santa Monica) and wonder if my iPhone is also on that flight. My departure scan leaving Hong Kong was at 4.17 PM with onward travel to Korea and then departure from Alaska at 2.28 PM (September 17). It's going to kill me if I'm only an hour drive away (with no traffic of course) but have to wait until Friday!!!
I did but I have a hard time believing they off loaded all the phones that came over. We will see.......
This picture literally had me peeing myself laughing!
well maybe not actually peeing
If you read my post it talks about an entire pallet (not per product) I have no idea why you would believe a company the size of Apple would do that.
Apple is who told me about a paperwork mistake, on their part. Apples very honest and provides excellent communications.
Apple products being shipped from China are sent via FedEx International or UPS World Ease. Apple would never put all their eggs in one basket. Both meet Apples very specific & strict policies. Both are also subject to Customs, over which Apple has no control.
For clarification, customs does not clear any shipment in advance. It doesn't matter what's "scheduled" it's based on what arrives at customs. Upon arrival Customs inspects, then releases the shipment for it's next flight.
If your phone went to Korea then it was not on this plane. This plane went from China right to Alaska. I was tracking some flights from korea earlier today and I think they were going straight to louisville.
Not saying your right...however, there is some evidence to support this,
1.) Lousville, KY has one of the largest UPS hubs, UPS Worldport, and there was an extensive documentary on it not to long ago, about how Worldport operates, and sorts through a TON of packages. Documentary can be found here if your bored
2.) This pretty much matches up with my tracking info on UPS.com thus far and timestamps are pretty close.
FYI: For those who are curious as to what flight it is, it is right here, http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UPS61
I'm watching this right now. The bar code readers commit over 50 MILLION database transactions PER HOUR. Think about that amount of data? It's like facebook, but it would ACTUALLY matter if the system crashed....
