Director to field offices re FAA review of hijacking transmissions and aft steps
Document date 26 November 1971
Also filed at: Part 115 p. 36
Copies may differ in what was redacted.
Part of: Director to Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, Las Vegas and Minneapolis re FAA timeline and exit point
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 115 p. 51, Teletype, dated 26 Nov 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-115%3A051-051
NR027 WA PLAIN 9:01 PM URGENT 11-26-71 TJT TO SEATTLE PORTLAND SACRAMENTO LAS VEGAS MINNEAPOLIS FROM DIRECTOR (164-2111) 2P
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFIVE SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
FAA WASHINGTON ADVISES REVIEW OF RECORDINGS OF TRANSMISSIONS FROM FAA CONTROL DURING HIJACKING SHOW THAT APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM SEATTLE, THREE MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF MC CHORD AIRFORCE BASE HIJACKER ORDERED STEPS OF AIRCRAFT LOWERED. APPROXIMATELY THIRTEEN MINUTES OUT SPEED OF AIRCRAFT REDUCED FROM ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY TO APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED FIFTY KNOTS. AT TWENTYFIVE MINUTES, AIRCRAFT REACHED ALTITUDE OF TEN THOUSAND FEET AND AT THIRTYFIVE MINUTES FAA WASHINGTON SUGGESTED HIGH PERFORMANCE CLIMB. ABOVE INFO FURNISHED FOR COMPARISON WITH DATA YOUR AREAS. EACH FIELD DIVISION INSURE ALL TAPES OF RADIO TRANSMISSIONS AND ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS BE REVIEWED FOR ANY DATA WHICH MAY GIVE SPECIFIC INFO RE AREA EXITED PLANE. MINNEAPOLIS CONDUCT SIMILAR INQUIRY NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES MONITORS.
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SEARCHED___INDEXED___ SERIALIZED___FILED___ NOV 2 6 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
Serials: 164-2111