Investigators now have the emergency exit door plug that separated from an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 over Oregon last Friday afternoon. NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy told reporters Sunday the plug, used in place of an exit door that's not required, was found in the backyard of a schoolteacher identified only as Bob. "We are really pleased that Bob found this," she said. The plug should supply investigators with any missing structural data needed to determine the cause of the in-flight failure.
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