Several 9-1-1 Calls Are Coming In From An Illinois Theme Park

This is odd. There has been a concerning amount of emergency calls being made to 9-1-1 from guests visiting theme parks across the Midwest. It's become frequent enough for major news outlets to pick up on this, mostly occurring in recent weeks, including in Illinois. There is one common factor with these calls, they're all coming from the same type of smartphone.

Thankfully, most of these calling coming from theme park goers at two major attractions in the Midwest have been false alarms. Still, first responders had to use time and resources to answer these calls. The big question is why these are happening. The answer is simple, technology.

Android Users Are NOT The Blame

People with Android phones are notorious for being ridiculed by iPhone users for being behind with the times, or whatever you want to call it. (I'm one of the Apple people, and I'm not sorry about it.) But, one thing Androiders can throw back in their faces is "at least my phone isn't calling 9-1-1 out of confusion."

It is confirmed, these accidental 9-1-1 calls are coming from iPhone 14 devices. There's something new with Apple's newest smartphone, a crash detection feature. What does this have to do with a theme park you might wonder?

There have been guests at Six Flag Great America, in Gurnee, Illinois whose iPhone 14 has detected a "crash" but it's actually just someone riding a roller coaster. Ope. This is a little problematic.

How Do iPhone Users Prevent This From Happening?

If you're about to hop on a roller coaster or something similar, set your iPhone 14 or Apple Watch 8 in airplane mode. If you forget to do this or somehow accidentally call 9-1-1, you stay on the line and simply explain to the operator what has happened. Don't ever just hang up.

[h/t WMTV]