The Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into the door plug blowout on a Boeing 737 MAX 9 that occurred in January, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Per the report, investigators have contacted some passengers, flight attendants, and pilots who were on board the Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines flight that had to make an emergency landing shortly after its departure from Portland International Airport in Oregon.

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