ATC radio transcript, NW Flight 305 and Reno Tower, landing and taxi at Reno
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Id: Cooper-Part-110:224-227
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-110:224-227 Document: ATC radio transcript, NW Flight 305 and Reno Tower, landing and taxi at Reno Id: Cooper-Part-110:224-227 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-110%3A224-227 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. 224–227 (DB Cooper-516–518), Report — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-110%3A224-227
NW305: ROGER WE'LL GET AH AH TRY TO FIGURE HERE IN JUST A MOMENT AH
0707 GMT 11:07 PM, PST
RNO TWR LC: ARE YOU READY TO START YOUR REFUELING NOW WITH BOTH TRUCKS THREE ZERO FIVE
RNO TWR LC: NORTHWEST THREE ZERO FIVE RENO TOWER
RNO TWR LC: NORTHWEST THREE ZERO FIVE RENO TOWER
NW305: AH I'M SORRY WE'RE TALKING TO THE COMPANY AH RENO GO AHEAD SIR
RNO TWR LC: THREE ZERO FIVE ARE YOU READY TO START YOUR REFUELING NOW
NW305: AFFIRMATIVE AH DO YOU HAVE AH AH VEHICLE WITH AH THAT'S MONITORING US AT THIS TIME OUT THERE NEAR THE FUEL TRUCK
RNO TWR LC: AH THERE IS A FUEL TRUCK OUT THERE WE HAVE HIM ON GROUND CONTROL FREQUENCY
NW305: FINE AH AH WE WOULD LIKE TO BE IN DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS WITH HIM IF WE MAY PLEASE
RNO TWR LC: THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO THAT AH'LL BE TO CHANGE AH YOUR FREQUENCY NOW TO ONE TWO ONE POINT NINER
NW305: OKAY AH DO DO YOU HAVE ANY CONTACT WITH EM
RNO TWR LC: AFFIRMATIVE
NW305: AH DID YOU SAY AFFIRMATIVE
RNO TWR LC: AFFIRMATIVE WE ARE TALKING TO THEM
0708 GMT 11:08 PM, PST
- 222 - DB Cooper-516
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11:07 PM, PST 11:08 PM, PST
NW305: OKAY AH I'LL TELL YOU WHAT STAND BY JUST A MOMENT WE'RE AH WE'RE GONNA LOOK BACK HERE AND SEE WHAT'S GOIN ON
RNO TWR LC: OKAY
0709 GMT 11:09 PM, PST
NW305: AH GROUND AH OR RENO STAND BY FOR JUST AH FEW MOMENTS PLEASE WE'LL BE BACK WITH YA
RNO TWR LC: THREE ZERO FIVE ROGER
0711 GMT 11:11 PM, PST
RNO TWR LC: THREE ZERO NORTHWEST THREE ZERO FIVE RENO TOWER
RNO TWR LC: NORTHWEST THREE ZERO FIVE RENO TOWER
0712 GMT 11:12 PM, PST
RNO TWR LC: NORTHWEST THREE ZERO FIVE RENO TOWER
RNO TWR LC: NORTHWEST THREE ZERO FIVE RENO TOWER
0713 GMT 11:13 PM, PST
RNO TWR LC: NORTHWEST THREE ZERO FIVE RENO TOWER DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT EXIT THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE FRONT DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT AND EXIT FROM THE FRONT
NW305: AH RENO RENO THIS IS NORTHWEST AH THREE ZERO FIVE
RNO TWR LC: NORTHWEST THREE ZERO FIVE RENO TOWER
NW305: OKAY SIR BE ADVISED THAT WE APPARENTLY AH OUR PASSENGER TOOK LEAVE OF US SOMEWHERE AH BETWEEN HERE AND SEATTLE WE HAVE AH MADE A RATHER CURSORY EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOR THE AH BRIEF CASE
- 223 - DB Cooper-517
AND AH WE ARE UNABLE TO DO THIS WE WOULD LIKE TO SECURE THE AIRCRAFT WE'LL LEAVE THE BEACON ON WE'RE GOING TO WELL FACT OF THE MATTER IS WE'RE GOING TO SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN WE'RE GOIN TO TAKE LEAVE OF THE AIRCRAFT WE WOULD REQUEST THAT AH WE HAVE GROUND TRANSPORTATION IF YA WOULD AH WE DON'T NEED THE FUELERS WE CERTAINLY THANK THEM FOR STANDING BY AND EVERYONE ELSE WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT AND HELP WE GOT AND IF WE COULD GET SOME AH TRANSPORTATION INFO AH WELL AH I THINK UNITED HAS AH OPERATIONS AH DEPARTMENT HERE DO THEY NOT
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0714 GMT 11:14 PM, PST
RNO TWR LC: THREE ZERO FIVE AFFIRMATIVE DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING ON THE AIRCRAFT DEPART THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE FRONT ENTRANCE DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING ON IT JUST DEPART IT FROM THE FRONT WE WILL HAVE TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE
NW305: OKAY AH BE ADVISED AH WE GOT NO FRONT AH STEPS AND AH WE JUST SOON NOT HAVE ANYONE COME OUT HERE AH WE'LL GO DOWN THE BACK STEPS AND AH AH WE'LL BE TAKING LEAVE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND SHUTTING IT DOWN AT THIS TIME AND WE'LL STAND AH ON THE FORWARD PART OF THE AIRCRAFT AWAITING AH TRANSPORTATION
RNO TWR LC: DO YOU CAN YOU REMEMBER THE LAST TIME YOU VISUALLY OBSCUR OB OBSERVED SA THE HIJACKER
NW305: I'M SORRY I AH AH WE HAVE AH BEEN GIVEN ORDERS IF YOU'LL IF YOU'LL PARDON US FOR AH NOT CUTTING YA SHORT BUT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN ORDERS NOT TO NOT TO AH ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME
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0715 GMT 11:15 PM, PST
RNO TWR LC: THREE ZERO FIVE CAN YA STAND BY ONE MINUTE PLEASE
NW305: OKAY STANDING BY
RNO TWR LC: ALL RIGHT YOU'RE GONNA EXIT THE AIRCRAFT NOW AND STAND BY THE FRONT IS THAT CORRECT
NW305: THAT IS AFFIRMATIVE THE ONLY THING THAT WE'LL NEED OUT HERE IS A GROUND TRANSPORTATION THE THE OTHER GENTLEMAN AH WE THANK THEM VERY MUCH AS AH ER ALONG WITH YOU PEOPLE FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU ------------------- WE'LL BE IN THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AWAITING AH TRANSPORTATION
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DB Cooper-518
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RNO TWR LC: THREE ZERO FIVE TRANSPORTATION WILL PICK YOU UP AT THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT
0716 GMT 11:16 PM, PST
NW305: THANK YOU VERY MUCH AH OVER AND OUT
0720 GMT 11:20 PM, PST
NW305: AH RENO READ AH NORTHWEST THREE ZERO FIVE SIR
RNO TWR LC: THREE ZERO FIVE NORTHWEST THREE ZERO FIVE RENO TOWER
NW305: AH ROGER AH WE'VE GOT OUR AFU RUNNING OUT HERE AH AND THE AH FBI HAVE COME ON BOARD WE AH WE'D LIKE TO REQUEST THAT AH ONE OF TWO THINGS EITHER WE HAVE A GROUND POWERED UNIT AH AVAILABLE SO WE CAN SHUT DOWN OUR AFU OR HAVE A FIRE GUARD WITH A BOTTLE AVAILABLE AH FOR FIRE PROTECTION PURPOSES
RNO TWR LC: ROGER STAND BY
0721 GMT 11:21 PM, PST
RNO TWR LC: THREE ZERO FIVE RENO TOWER
NW305: THREE ZERO FIVE GO AHEAD
RNO TWR LC: THEY WILL PROVIDE YOU A FIRE BOTTLE TEMPORARILY AND THEN BRING OUT THE POWER UNIT TO PLUG IT IN
NW305: OKAY FINE WE'RE GONNA TAKE LEAVE OF THE AIRCRAFT AT THIS TIME WE'LL BE OUTSIDE WAITING FOR THEM THANKS A LOT
RNO TWR LC: ROGER
NW305: .. GOOD NIGHT SIR
0722 GMT 11:22 PM, PST.
RNO TWR LC: GOOD NIGHT