An inspector from the US Transportation Safety Agency observes the panel torn off the Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9. (File photo)
The door stopper was eventually found in the courtyard of a high school physics teacher from southwest Portland, with other debris from the flight scattered nearby. The Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation.
On March 6, smoke detected in the cabin of a Boeing 737-800 from Alaska Airlines flying to Phoenix forced pilots to return to Portland Airport.
The airport said that the passengers and crew had noticed the smoke and that the plane had landed safely. Seven people, including passengers and crew members, requested medical evaluations, but no one was hospitalized, authorities said.
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