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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating how a "mid-cabin door plug" blew off a Boeing 737 Max 9 mid-flight on Friday.
  • The FBI and local authorities are trying to find part of a Boeing 737 Max 9 that blew off mid-flight.
  • The NTSB said Saturday that the components are likely near Portland's Cedar Hills neighborhood.
  • Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 had just taken off from Portland on Friday when a chunk of the plane blew off.

The National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating Friday's Alaska Airlines in-flight blowout, is seeking the public's help in locating a portion of the fuselage that fell some 16,000 feet from an airborne Boeing 737 Max 9.