New iPhone safety feature triggers mass mistake 911 calls at Bonnaroo
Bonnaroo last weekend.A new iPhone feature caused chaos on the first day of the Tennessee festival on Thursday, June 15, placing multiple accidental calls to emergency services.Police in Manchester shared details on Twitter, explaining that the calls were due to a malfunction with the iPhone’s feature, which automatically sends an alert to emergency services if it detects that the user has been involved in a crash.“MPD has responded to multiple accidental 911 calls at Bonnaroo,” the Facebook post reads. “It’s likely that these calls are a result of ‘Crash Detection Mode,’ a new feature on Apple iPhones.” “Please be mindful and consider deactivating this feature on your phone until Bonnaroo concludes,” the post concluded.According to the Apple website, when your iPhone detects a severe car crash, it will display an alert and will automatically initiate an emergency phone call after 20 seconds, unless you cancel.