<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Kimo:
.... After some inquiries he found out that the cabin crew had discovered the laptop before takeoff and thrown it from the cabin door to the tarmac, 15 feet below (5 meters.) The cabin crew reported that they thought that it had been left behind by a departing passenger.</font>
So the cabin door was open without there being any finger or stairway? So just the plane full of passengers, the cabin door and then nothing for 5 meters? Come on!
Not to discredit you or your employee but this sounds very strange to me.