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one, that is a disaster. alaska airlines technicians have discovered loose bolts on the door plugs of several of its grounded 737 max 9 jets during inspections ordered by the federal aviation administration. airlines began inspecting over 100 boeing 737 max 9 jets on monday after an explosive depressurisation accident occurred over the weekend with the door plug blowing out just minutes after take—off. investigators have also revealed that alaska airlines had placed restrictions on the boeing plane in the days before the accident, preventing it from making long—haul flights over water. and after days of searching, investigators said they have now found the missing section of the plane. i am excited to announce that we have found the door plug. thank you, bob. bob — i will not give you bob's last name — but he contacted us with two
restrictions on the airline on the days before the accident, preventing it from making long—haulflights preventing it from making long—haul flights over water. and after days of searching, investigators said they have now found the missing section of the plane. i am excited to announce that we have found the door plug. thank you, bob. bob — i will not give you bob's last name — but bob contacted us with two photos of the door plug and said he found it in his backyard. we're going to go pick that up and make sure we begin analysing it. a number of personal items have been found from the flight, including a apple iphone. it was discovered in a bush perfectly intact, not even a cracked screen. 21 people have been injured in a major gas explosion at the sandman hotel in fort worth, texas. as you can see, the explosion caused extensive damage
and the restriction was put in place per alaska as an extra step to ensure safety and to allow them to conduct maintenance. as for the structures, we -- i want to start by thanking bob, who all of the media successfully outed, but bob apparently was a star with all his students today. i really want to thank the community overall. i can't thank you enough. every time the ntsb asks for help, every single time, the community pulls through and i just want to say thank you to everyone. i especially want to say thank you to bob. i'm sure he was a hit at school today, so that's very exciting. we did go out -- >> trace: well, there you have the ntsb chair right there, jennifer, giving you kind of a
successfully outed. bob apparently was a star with his students today. i want to thank the community overall. i can't thank you enough. every time the ntsb asks for help, every time the community pulls through. i want to say thank you to everyone. i want to say thank you to bob. i'm sure he was a hit at school today. that's very exciting. we did go out at 7:00 a.m. this morning to retrieve the door plug. we have still looking for the bottom hinge fitting. and a spring. it's a pretty large spring. the fitting is a green, circular piece with a hole in it. it's not key to the investigation. this is not something that's key
aircraft with multiple systems from flying etops flights for a period of time. that's not required by the regulation. that's an extra step alaska put in place. etops is extended twin engine operations. that allows twin engine airplanes to go over a route that is further than three hours flying time, from the nearest airport. the restriction was put in place for alaska to conduct maintenance p. as for the structures, i want to thank bob, that all of the media
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mandated inspection process, but that door plug is what gave way in alaska's terrifying decompression explosion friday night. >> alaska, seattle, alaska. >> forcing the crew to make an energy landing back in portland. while seat cushions were all sucked out of the plane, on monday the ntsb recovered the door plug in portland where it landed. in the backyard of bob, a high school physics teacher. with loose bolts turning up in early inspections, could more planes be at risk? does that suggest this could be a wider problem? >> that's too soon to tell. we are very focused on what we are investigating with respect to this aircraft. >> on three previous flights, pressurization warning lights lit up in the same cockpit. yet alaska only restricted that plane from flying over water to