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Stephen Brashear/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Boeing has paid Alaska Air Group approximately $160 million in compensation following the door plug incident on Alaska flight 1282, according to an SEC filing from the carrier.Alaska said the money is "initial compensation" from Boeing "to address the financial damages incurred as a result of Flight 1282 and the 737-9 MAX groundings," the filing stated.The airline said as a result of the incident, it lost approximately $160 million in first-quarter pretax profit -- "primarily comprising lost revenues, costs due to irregular op...