Missing door plug that detached from Alaska Airlines plane found in Oregon teacher's backyard
A missing door plug that could be key to the investigation into what caused it to detach from a plane midflight Friday has been found in the backyard of a Portland, Oregon-area resident, officials said Sunday.
A missing door plug that could be key to the investigation into what caused it to detach from a plane midflight Friday has been found in the backyard of a Portland, Oregon-area resident, officials said Sunday.
After the end of a news conference in which National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy laid out the probe's status, she returned to give a piece of positive news: "I'm excited to announce that we found the door plug," she said.
Identifying the resident who sent two photos of the item to the NTSB only as Bob, a schoolteacher, she said, "Thank you, Bob."
"We're going to go pick that up and make sure that we begin analyzing it," Homendy said.
Two cell phones have also been found — one in a yard and another on the side of the road, she said.
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