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Debris seen after plane brought down? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

sawdust

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'debris' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'seen after plane brought down?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'seen' could be 'saw' (seeing is a kind of seeing) and 'saw' is located in the answer.
'down?' could be 'd' and 'd' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for sawdust that I've seen before include "Carpenters' output" , "[WASTE] from timberyard" , "Powdery fragments of wood" , "Powdery residue from cut wood" , "Wood powder left after cutting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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