I know the panel is nothing structural, but at the moment we didn't know if there was further damage. I'm glad the flight attendant alerted the cockpit as soon as it happened. And yes, the pilot and copilot took turns flying the pane while the other one checked out the situation. I don't know where they stored the panel during the flight, but it was cool to look up and see all the wiring and such (once we knew it was nothing structural).