FAA Transportation Security Intelligence Summary No. 14-71 re NW Flight 305 hijacking

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CZ009631 [guess: RYPDL] E09BA9233 3372363-UUUU--RULNDRA. P UUUUU 22302 DEC 71 FAA. ASDCO M3 65 [guess: MLAW/F'N] BOSTON COM[guess: P]/NIA SEATTLE/ CONVEY ENVIES V

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TO CE / M TO[guess: P] TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION 1950 CONNECTICUT AVE NW WASHDC FM [redacted] 91.07

FIN[guess: D]LY [guess: CENTRAL] INTELLIGENCE [guess: OF] AGENCY ATTN: [redacted] R/[illegible] [guess: DEPARTMENT] OF STATE (E/[illegible]) E/D U/FE[guess: D]ERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ATTN: CRIMINAL DIVISION ESP[guess: Y]/S[guess: ECRET] SERVICE (1J) MATRS/TREASURY DEPARTMENT [guess: (ASED)] BARN[guess: W] [guess: Y] CUSTOMS SERVICE ATTN: [redacted] N[guess: ATIO]NAL SECURITY AGENCY ATTN: D-5 [illegible] 91.97 SITUATION ROOM

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[guess: TH]IS [guess: IS] T[guess: HE] [guess: TRANS]PORTATION SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY NO. 14-71 SUBJECT: [guess: A NOCE][guess: MBER] HIJACKING/EXTORTION, NW 305, 24 NOVEMBER 1971 [guess: ZE] 2[guess: 5] [guess: DECEM]BER 1971 [redacted] IDENTIFIED ONLY AS D.B. [guess: WAS] [guess: 6]' TALL [guess: F]/O SLI[guess: M], BO[guess: A]RDED [guess: NW] 305, A B-727, AT PORTLAND, OREGON, [guess: ON] A FLIGHT TO SEATTLE. EN ROUTE, HE HANDED A NOTE TO ONE OF THE [guess: STEWARD]ESSES. HE STAT[guess: ED] THAT HE HAD A BOMB IN HIS BRIEFCASE AND WAS HI- JACKING T[guess: HE] [guess: AIR]CRAFT. HE ORDERED THE STEWARDESS TO INSTRUCT THE CAPTAIN [guess: AND] [guess: CO][guess: M]PANY OFFICIALS THAT HE WAS DEMANDING $200,000 AND THAT HE WANTED [guess: 4 PARACHUTES] (2 CHEST AND 2 BACK PACKS). HE SHOWED THE STEWARDESS [guess: HIS] BRIEFCASE CONTAINED SEVERAL RED STICKS, WIRE AND A BATTERY. THE [guess: AIRCRAFT] AGREED TO THE MAN'S DEMANDS. NW 305 ORBITED NEAR SEATTLE WHILE THE [guess: PASSENGERS'] MONEY AND PARACHUTES WERE ASSEMBLED. THE AIRCRAFT [guess: WAS] [guess: PLACED AT] SEATTLE [guess: AT] 1742L. AFTER THE RANSOM AND PARACHUTES WERE PLACED ABOARD, [guess: THE] [guess: PASSENGERS] [guess: ALLOWED OFF THE 35 PASSENGERS] AND 2 OF THE 3 STEWARDESSES [guess: LEFT]. [guess: C] [guess: THE] [guess: AIR][guess: CRAFT] [guess: AND] [guess: BEING] REFUELED, THE HIJACKER OR- DERED [guess: THAT] THE AIRCRAFT TAKE OFF WITH THE REAR DOOR EXTE[guess: NDED], THAT THE CAPT[guess: AIN] FLY NO HIGHER THAN 10,000 ALTITUDE AT A SPEED NOT IN EXCESS OF [guess: 200] MPH, WITH FLAPS AND LANDING GEAR DOWN, AND THAT ALL LIGHTS, INCLUDING CABIN LIGHTS, BE EXTINGUISHED WHILE EN ROUTE. HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE DOOR COULD NOT BE FULLY EXTENDED ON TAKEOFF, SO HE AGREED THAT IT SHOULD ONLY BE LEFT OPENED.

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[illegible] AT 0530, ALLEGED[LY,] THE FINAL DESTINATION OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO BE MEXICO CITY AND THE CAPTAIN INDICATED THAT THERE WOULD BE FUEL STOPS AT RENO AND YUMA. DUE TO THE LOWERED GEAR, FLAPS AND REAR DOOR, AIR SPEED WAS REDUCED TO 172 KNOTS. EN ROUTE, THE HIJACKER REMAINED ON THE FLIGHT DECK. THE HIJACKER PULLED THE CURTAIN SHUT BETWEEN FIRST AND COACH CLASSES, "MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE CREW TO OBSERVE HIM FROM THE FLIGHT DECK." IT WAS [illegible] THAT THE CAPTAIN COULD SQUAWK CODE 7700 ON HIS [illegible] AND FLASH HIS LANDING LIGHTS FOR 30 SECONDS IF THE HIJACKER IS SIGHTED LEAVING THE AIRCRAFT. MILITARY ESCORT AIRCRAFT WERE PRO- TECTED AND LAST INSTRUCTED TO SQUAWK IF THEY OBSERVED A PARACHUTIST EXIT THE AIRCRAFT. [guess: BETWEEN] [guess: SEATTLE] AND PORTLAND, THE CREW COMMUNICATED WITH THE HIJACKER VIA THE [guess: P.A.] SYSTEM AND INTERPHONE. HOWEVER, THE HIJACKER DID NOT [illegible] [illegible], [illegible] [guess: NEAR] PORTLAND [guess: PORTLAND] A LIGHT ON THE [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] LIT, INDICATING THAT THE REAR EXIT STEPS WERE [illegible] AND [illegible] [illegible], THIS [illegible] [illegible] REPORTED TO FLIGHT [illegible]. A [illegible] REQUEST[ED] BY FAA TO THE COMPANY TO HAVE THE CREW NOTIFY THE HIJACKER [illegible] [guess: CONTINUED] PRESENCE ON THE AIRCRAFT WERE NOT [illegible] BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE DANGER TO THE CREW.

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PAGE 4 PORTLAND OB NORJAC [illegible] THE [illegible] AT [guess: THAT] POINT. THE HIJACKER WAS NOT ON BOARD. THE ONLY [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] OF CONTENTS (1 [guess: BROWN] AND [illegible] [guess: BAG(S)]). [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]. BY THE PROFILES [illegible], THERE [guess: WAS] NO PAS- SENGER [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] IN EFFECT AT PORTLAND. AS FAR AS PARA- CHUTES [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] BY [illegible] [illegible] HOLD STORAGE OF SPORT PARACHUTES [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [guess: CONCEIVABLY] ALERT TO CHALLENGE PASS- ENGERS [illegible] [illegible] [guess: ALL] [illegible] PACKAGES WHICH [guess: MIGHT] CONTAIN A PARACHUTE. I THINK IT IS [guess: IMPERATIVE] THAT THE ACTIVITIES OF A PARACHUTIST BE [guess: MONITORED] IN FLIGHT SINCE HOW ELSE CAN YOU BE CERTAIN THAT A LIVE BOMB HAS NOT BEEN LEFT BEHIND AND SET TO DETONATE. TO FLY FOR HOURS AFTER THE EXTORTIONIST HAS LEFT THE AIRCRAFT COULD BE SUICIDAL. [guess: FURTHER], [guess: SKYDIVERS] COULD HAVE ASSISTED IN THE EARLY APPREHENSION OF THE CRIMINAL THRU [guess: CURTAILING] [guess: SOME] OF THE ADVERSE PUBLICITY RESULTING FROM HIS ESCAPE. IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THERE WILL BE A SIMILAR ATTEMPT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. W RPMY, SE-1. JI [illegible]63