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They be looking for in terms of safety checks to make sure that these planes are good to fly? >> they're going to have to be very careful. i believe the ntsb chair or somebody mentioned this particular airplane had a pressurization problem. it's only 11 weeks old, at the time of the accident. i'm not suggesting that this door plug was the cause of the pressurization problem, but they'll be looking at that. they'll be looking at the mechanics that must have opened that door. you open it from the outside. you can't open it from the inside as a passenger. but did they close it properly? they'll a...

What are we learning about this new investigation? >> reporter: victor and amara, good morning to you. i think we got a pretty important window into the thinking of the ntsb when they stressed that at this point in the investigation they are not, i repeat, not concerned with the overall design of the wider, larger max 9 fleet. they're looking at this specific plane, and more to the point, looking specifically for this large hunk, the piece of the plane, the door plug, that is still missing, victor and amara, at this early sunday morning hour. they narrowed their search down, confirming to us l...

The ntsb confirming that the plane was only 10 minutes from the if airport when things went wrong. >> we are very, very fortunate here that this didn't end up in something more tragic. no one was seated in 26a and b. >> reporter: 26a and b were the two seats located right next to where the faulty door plug was. as for where the door is now, well, nobody knows. the ntsb is asking the public to help find it. meanwhile, it's now coming to light that boeing actually requested federal regulators exempt its new 737 max-7 airliner model from national safety standards even though there was a risk of e...

To reporters. we have the safest aviation system in the world. it is incredibly safe. we are the global gold standard for safety around the world. but we have to maintain that standard. we are very, very fortunate here that this didn't end up in something more tragic. no—one was seated in 26a and b. where the — where that door — that door plug is. let's get the background from our reporter, leigh milner. this video footage was taken by a passenger on board flight 1282 shortly after take—off. look closely and you can see a hole in the side of the plane, a panel has been blown out. we ar...

We are very, very fortunate here that this didn't end up| in something more tragic. no—one was seated in 26a and b, where that door plug is. - these pictures show the full extent of the damage in what was a terrifying experience for those on board. there was a kid in that row, his shirt was sucked off him and out of the plane. his mother was holding onto him to make sure he didn't go with it. last night, the uk's civil aviation authority said it had written to all foreign owners of boeing 737 max 9 aircraft demanding that inspections are carried out before they can operate in uk air space. t...