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Two NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) investigators, identifiable by their agency-marked jackets, handle a fuselage door plug panel — with a window cutout visible — recovered in a residential neighborhood. This corresponds to the January 2024 Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 incident in which a door plug blew out of a Boeing 737 Max 9 shortly after takeoff from Portland International Airport.

Departure board photographed at 9:26 AM on April 1 showing scheduled flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Airlines operating listed flights include Alaska, Delta, Southwest, United, WestJet, and Air Mobility, with destinations ranging from Anchorage to Las Vegas; several flights are marked Cancelled or delayed, including Alaska flights 143, 251, 93 (Anchorage), 125 (Boise), and 1465 (Fairbanks), and Alaska 698 to Houston-Bush.

Interior view of a commercial aircraft cabin showing a missing or removed door plug panel on the left fuselage, exposing green structural framing and insulation. Rows of passenger seats remain in place on the right side, with cargo tie-down tracks visible on the floor.

Aerial final-approach view of Runway 27 at Yakima Air Terminal–McAllister Field (IATA: YKM) in Yakima, Washington, as seen from an arriving aircraft. Dry, rolling high-desert hills and the city of Yakima are visible in the background.

Aircraft registered N704AL, bearing Alaska Airlines' livery (white fuselage with green and blue wave design), is shown in a maintenance hangar with a yellow 'INOP SEE T/LOG' (Inoperative, See Technical Log) placard covering one of the fuselage windows. This placard indicates the associated system or window is temporarily out of service per maintenance records.

Two NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) investigators, wearing agency-marked jackets, examine and recover a large aircraft door plug panel found on a residential lawn. The panel, which has a window cutout, is consistent with the door plug that detached from Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 (Boeing 737 MAX 9) in January 2024, with debris recovered in the Portland, Oregon area.

A JetBlue Airways Airbus A320 taxis on the runway while a Spirit Airlines aircraft (in its distinctive yellow livery) is visible in the background. A ground crew vehicle tows baggage equipment in the foreground at what appears to be a busy commercial airport.

Aerial view of Seattle, Washington, showing Lake Union in the foreground with a marina and waterfront buildings, the University of Washington campus area visible in the midground, and snow-capped Mount Rainier dominating the background under stormy skies. The image appears to have been taken in autumn, based on the fall foliage visible throughout the cityscape.

A Japan Airlines (JAL) Boeing 787 Dreamliner, registration JA844J, taxis on the apron at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. In the background, aircraft from Lufthansa (World Business Class livery), Qatar Airways, and Delta Air Lines are visible at the terminal gates.

A commercial jet aircraft features a holiday-themed nose art depicting Santa Claus carrying a sack of wrapped gifts. Ground crew in high-visibility vests and airport support vehicles are visible alongside the aircraft.