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Message: <blockquote data-quote="imhotep" data-source="post: 29500123" data-attributes="member: 562115">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. It's hoped that this would provide physical evidence of what went wrong.On Alaska and United, the only two U.S. airlines using the Max 9, those side exits near the back of the plane are replaced with a permanent plug the size of an exit door..Who installs the plugs:   A spokesman for Spirit AeroSystems—which is unrelated to Spirit Airlines—confirmed to The New York Times that the company installed door plugs on Max 9s, including the plug on the Alaska Airlines plane involved in Friday's incident. The spokesman told The Associated Press that the plugs are assembled into 737 fuselages at Spirit's factory in Wichita, Kansas, but declined further comment.Boeing declined to comment on the issue.</blockquote>

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