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We all learn what a door plug is

The Federal Aviation Administration temporarily grounded Boeing 737 Max 9s after a harrowing incident in early January that saw a door plug, a cover that was supposed to seal an unused emergency exit, blow off an Alaska Airlines plane mid-flight. Fortunately, no one was seriously hurt thanks to the fact that the seat next to the door plug was unoccupied. Still, passengers posted a disturbing video of the disaster. There were also minor injuries, and a number of objects got sucked out of the aircraft. That included an iPhone, which miraculously survived a 16,000-foot drop.