Seattle to Director and Minneapolis re suspect aboard Northwest 727 on 11/23/71
Document date 27 November 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-11:307-308 Document: Teletype Seattle to Director and Minneapolis re suspect aboard Northwest 727 on 11/23/71 Id: Cooper-Part-11:307-308 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-11%3A307-308 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 11 pp. 307–308 (DB Cooper-1775–1776), Teletype, dated 27 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-99 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-11%3A307-308
NR002 SE PLAIN 1:03 AM URGENT 11/27/71 DCA , TO DIRECTOR (ATTN: FBI IDENTIFICATION DIVISION) MINNEAPOLIS FROM SEATTLE (164-81) 2P
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.
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[REDACTED] DOB [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WASHINGTON, FINGERPRINT CLASSIFICATION [REDACTED] PRESENTLY [REDACTED] ON NOVEMBER TWENTYTHREE, SEVENTYONE, WAS ABOARD A NORTHWEST AIRLINER SEVEN TWENTYSEVEN AND [REDACTED] [REDACTED] DURING THE FLIGHT HE ASKED A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS INCLUDING HOW SLOW THE SEVEN TWENTYSEVEN WOULD FLY, WHAT DEGREE OF FLAPS WOULD BE NECESSARY TO SLOW IT DOWN, WHAT EFFECT LOWERING THE WHEELS WOULD HAVE ONE THE SPEED, WHETHER THE REAR LADDER COULD BE OPENED IN FLIGHT, AND ALSO QUESTIONS CONCERNING LEAVING THIS TYPE OF AIRCRAFT BY PARACHUTE. [REDACTED] ALSO END PAGE ONE
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164-81-99
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DB Cooper-1775
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b6 b7C
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COMMENTED IN REPLY TO CREWS STATEMENT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT THAT [REDACTED] WOULD BE EASY. THESE QUESTIONS WERE REPORTED TO NORTHWEST AIRLINES SECURITY. INVESTIGATION, [REDACTED] WASHINGTON, DATE REFLECTS [REDACTED] DES- CRIBED AS SIX FOOT, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY POUNDS, BROWN HAIR, [REDACTED] EYES, AND CONTACT WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES FAMILIAR WITH [REDACTED] [REDACTED] REFLECTS THAT [REDACTED] HAD OLIVE COMPLEXIONS AS DOES [REDACTED] AND HE COULD BE TAKEN FOR A PERSON OF LATIN EXTRACTION. THE IDENTIFICATION DIVISION IS REQUESTED TO IMMEDIATELY CHECK FINGERPRINT CLASSIFICATION OF [REDACTED] TO ASCERTAIN IF THERE IS A PHOTOGRAPH AT ANY LOCATION LATER THAN [REDACTED] IF A PHOTOGRAPH IS FOUND, IT IS TO BE TELECOPIED TO THE MINNEAPOLIS AND SEATTLE DIVISIONS WHERE IT WILL BE VIEWED BY WITNESSES TO THE HIJACKING AND THE CREW MEMBERS. - P - E N D WJM FBI WA
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b6 b7C
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DB Cooper-1776
Serials: SE 164-81, SE 164-81-99