Interview of female passenger seated in front of the hijacker
This copy: Part 112 pp. 51–52Also filed at Part 11 pp. 138–139 (primary) · Part 110 pp. 81–82
This copy’s own title
Telephone interview of passenger seated in front of the hijacker
Interviewed 24 November 1971Dictated 26 November 1971Transcribed 26 November 1971
Another copy of this document is the primary, most legible copy: Part 11 pp. 138–139.
Copies may differ in what was redacted.
Report a problem
Email this to [email protected]
Id: Cooper-Part-112:051-052
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-112:051-052 Document: FD-302 telephone interview of passenger seated in front of the hijacker Id: Cooper-Part-112:051-052 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-112%3A051-052 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
A person reads every report. Corrections are made by hand, to the data — titles, dates, names, which pages belong together — never to the scans, and they can take a while to appear.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 112 pp. 51–52 (DB Cooper-7078–7079), FD-302 interview, interviewed 24 Nov 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-112%3A051-052
FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
1
Date of transcription 11/26/71
---
[REDACTED] telephone [REDACTED] provided the following information:
She was a passenger on Northwest Airlines, Flight 305, boarding the flight in Portland, Oregon and sitting on the plane [REDACTED] in front of the hijacker on the right side of the plane, looking forward.
[REDACTED] advised that a few minutes out of Portland, she observed one of the stewardesses conversing with the hijacker. She stated that this stewardess sat beside this man throughout most of the flight and that she did talk on the intercom apparently to the captain at various times through the flight. She advised that she recalled this man was sitting in the middle seat of the right rear row with the stewardess sitting next to him on the isle side.
---
She advised that upon landing in Seattle, the hijacker got up from his seat and went into the restroom at the rear of the plane. He remained there for about one minute and then returned to the same seat which he had occupied throughout the flight.
---
[REDACTED] advised that the hijacker was wearing large sunglasses and an overcoat. She advised that he had dark hair and a narrow face. She advised that when he exited the restroom and returned to his seat, he was carrying a dark colored attache case on its side in both arms. She stated that on top of this case was a package which appeared to be a yellow paper bag. She described this bag as being approximate four inches high and being about two inches shorter than the width of the attache case.
---
(1) [guess: yellow] [guess: paper] - 4" [guess: high] [guess: shorter] [guess: c/s] [illegible additional handwritten notes]
Right margin annotation: yellow paper bag
---
Interviewed on 11/24/71 at Seattle, Washington File # Seattle 164-81
by SA [REDACTED] /jlb Date dictated 11/26/71
- 77 -
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-7078
- 2 -
SE 164-81 RLF:jlb
---
[REDACTED] advised that she was quite certain she could not identify the hijacker if she saw him again as she did not get a good look at his face.
---
b6 b7C
---
//
---
- 78 - DB Cooper-7079
Serials: SE 164-81