Interview of Northwest Airlines employee at Sea-Tac re refueling and air stairs
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Interview of Northwest Airlines employee at Sea-Tac by SA Louis M. Harris, Jr.
Interviewed 24 November 1971Dictated 26 November 1971Transcribed 26 November 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-110:021-022 Document: FD-302 interview of Northwest Airlines employee at Sea-Tac by SA Louis M. Harris, Jr. Id: Cooper-Part-110:021-022 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-110%3A021-022 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 110 pp. 21–22 (DB Cooper-311–312), FD-302 interview, interviewed 24 Nov 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-110%3A021-022
FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
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Date of transcription 11/26/71
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[REDACTED] was interviewed by Special Agent LOUIS M. HARRIS, JR. on November 24, 1971 at Seattle - Tacoma Airport. [REDACTED] identified himself as [REDACTED] Northwest Airlines, Sea-Tac, Seattle, Washington. He can be reached at telephone number [REDACTED]
On November 24, 1971, [REDACTED] advised that he received information sometime after 3:00 p.m. that a Northwest Airlines flight from Portland enroute to Seattle - Tacoma Airport was being hijacked. He was further advised that the hijacker wanted $200,000.00 in cash and four parachutes in exchange for releasing the passengers on this flight. [REDACTED] stated this money was obtained and sometime after 6:00 p.m. he and a Seattle Police Department detective proceeded toward the hijacked aircraft parked at the end of the runway at Sea-Tac in an unmarked Seattle Police Department vehicle and parked at "10 o'clock to the cockpit." [REDACTED] was in two-way radio contact with the aircraft's captain at this time. The air stairs were placed in position at the aircraft's front door and almost simultaneously a fuel truck began refueling the aircraft.
Immediately thereafter, one stewardess described as being blond, 5'6" and possibly named [REDACTED] came down the steps and approached [REDACTED] gave [REDACTED] the satchel full of money and she returned into the plane. [REDACTED] only remark to [REDACTED] was [REDACTED] After [REDACTED] reboarded the plane the passengers began deplaning. After the passengers were off [REDACTED] made several trips from the plane to the vehicle bearing [REDACTED] where she obtained four parachutes from [REDACTED] and carried them inside the plane. In the meantime several fueling trucks had attempted to refuel the aircraft without success. However, the third truck secured a successful hookup and almost completed the fueling job. During the fueling, two of the three stewardesses on board this flight were allowed to depart the aircraft, however, [REDACTED] stayed aboard. During this entire time [REDACTED] stated that the lights in the aft section of the plane remained out. [REDACTED] stated that he did not hear the hijacker giving instructions nor any other identifiable noises from within the aircraft.
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Interviewed on 11/24/71 at Seattle, Washington File # SE 164-81
by SA LOUIS M. HARRIS, JR./jlb Date dictated 11/26/71
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This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. DB Cooper-311
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After the fueling was completed the air stairs were removed and [REDACTED] with the detective, returned to the terminal.
[REDACTED] stated that all other information he has regarding the hijacking was received by him from other Northwest Airlines personnel and was not personally observed, except for the set of facts related herein.
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Serials: SE 164-81
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