The Latest: Apple will examine teen fisherman’s iPhone

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Latest on developments into the investigation of two missing teen fishermen (all times local):

4:30 p.m.

The families of two missing teen fishermen have agreed to allow Apple to analyze an iPhone recovered eight months after their disappearance.

The phone is the subject of a lawsuit filed by the family of Perry Cohen, who was with Austin Stephanos in the small boat that left Jupiter on July 24, then vanished.

Austin’s phone was found when a Norwegian freighter recovered the boys’ boat last month off Bermuda.

Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Gregory Keyser ordered Friday for the iPhone 6 to be shipped overnight to Apple. Any data retrieved from the phone will be provided to the court.

According to local media reports, the phone was described in court as rusted and deteriorating because it had been submerged in water.

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10:10 a.m.

A pilot who was part of a massive search to find two missing teen fishermen told investigators he’s positive he saw one floating on debris two days after their boat capsized.

According to a report released this week, Bobby Smith told Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission investigators reconstructing the disappearance of Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos he was flying off the Georgia coast on July 26 at about 1,000 feet when he saw two white pieces of debris tied together with an orange life jacket.

He went to 200 feet and saw a person. He said he climbed so he could radio controllers. Smith said he went back down but could no longer find the person. The Coast Guard went to the area and also could not find anything.