Alaska Airlines Flight 1282

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In this Jan. 7, 2024 image released by the National Transportation Safety Board, the failed door plug is retrieved from a Southwest Portland neighborhood after it fell off of a Boeing 737-9 MAX flown by Alaska Airlines on Jan. 5.
National Transportation Safety Board

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Bob Sauer describes finding the missing door plug from a Boeing 737-9 MAX plane involved in an incident on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on Jan. 5. The door plug was found in the backyard of Sauer’s home in Southwest Portland.
Courtesy of Larry Hurst / OPB

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In this Jan. 7, 2024 submitted image, the missing door plug from a Boeing 737-9 MAX plane involved in an incident on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on Jan. 5, found in a Southwest Portland neighborhood.
Courtesy of Larry Hurst

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In this Jan. 7, 2024 submitted image, the missing door plug from a Boeing 737-9 MAX plane involved in an incident on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on Jan. 5, found in a Southwest Portland neighborhood.
Courtesy of Larry Hurst

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In this Jan. 7, 2024 image released by the National Transportation Safety Board, the door plug is examined in Portland.
National Transportation Safety Board

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In this Jan. 7, 2024 image released by the National Transportation Safety Board, the 737 door plug can be seen in a Portland yard.
National Transportation Safety Board

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In this Jan. 7, 2024 submitted image, the missing door plug from a Boeing 737-9 MAX plane involved in an incident on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on Jan. 5, found in a Southwest Portland neighborhood.
Courtesy of Larry Hurst

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In this Jan. 7, 2024 submitted image, the missing door plug from a Boeing 737-9 MAX plane involved in an incident on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on Jan. 5, found in a Southwest Portland neighborhood.
Courtesy of Larry Hurst

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In this Jan. 7, 2024 submitted image, the missing door plug from a Boeing 737-9 MAX plane involved in an incident on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on Jan. 5, found in a Southwest Portland neighborhood.
Courtesy of Larry Hurst

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Another view of the interior of a Boeing 737-9 MAX plane in Portland, Ore., which was involved in an incident on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, Jan. 5, 2024.
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In this Jan. 7, 2024 image supplied by the National Transportation Safety Board, teams investigate a Boeing 737-9 MAX plane in Portland, Ore., which was involved in an incident on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, Jan. 5, 2024.
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In this Jan. 7, 2024 image supplied by the National Transportation Safety Board, the interior of a Boeing 737-9 MAX plane in Portland, Ore., which was involved in an incident on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, Jan. 5, 2024, is shown.
National Transportation Safety Board

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In this Jan. 7, 2024 image supplied by the National Transportation Safety Board, teams investigate a Boeing 737-9 MAX plane in Portland, Ore., which was involved in an incident on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, Jan. 5, 2024.
National Transportation Safety Board

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Another view of the interior of a Boeing 737-9 MAX plane in Portland, Ore., which was involved in an incident on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, Jan. 5, 2024.
National Transportation Safety Board

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Another view of the interior of a Boeing 737-9 MAX plane in Portland, Ore., which was involved in an incident on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, Jan. 5, 2024.
National Transportation Safety Board

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Another view of the interior of a Boeing 737-9 MAX plane in Portland, Ore., which was involved in an incident on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, Jan. 5, 2024.
National Transportation Safety Board

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In this Jan. 7, 2024 image supplied by the National Transportation Safety Board, teams investigate a Boeing 737-9 MAX plane in Portland, Ore., which was involved in an incident on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, Jan. 5, 2024.
National Transportation Safety Board

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In this Jan. 7, 2024 image supplied by the National Transportation Safety Board, teams investigate a Boeing 737-9 MAX plane in Portland, Ore., which was involved in an incident on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, Jan. 5, 2024.
National Transportation Safety Board

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Another view of the interior of a Boeing 737-9 MAX plane in Portland, Ore., which was involved in an incident on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, Jan. 5, 2024.
National Transportation Safety Board

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The Boeing 737-9 MAX plane in Portland, Ore., which was involved in an incident on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, Jan. 5, 2024, is shown.
National Transportation Safety Board

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Bob Sauer holds a patch from the National Transportation Safety Board, given to him after he found the missing door plug from a Boeing 737-9 MAX plane involved in an incident on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on Jan. 5. Sauer, a science teacher, found the door plug in the backyard of Southwest Portland home.
Courtesy of Larry Hurst / OPB