Interview of Seattle PD Homicide detective who delivered ransom and parachutes to Flight 305
Interviewed 24 November 1971Dictated 26 November 1971Transcribed 30 November 1971
Also filed at: Part 71 p. 386 · Part 110 p. 239
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-12:180-180 Document: FD-302 interview of Seattle PD Homicide detective who delivered ransom and parachutes to Flight 305 Id: Cooper-Part-12:180-180 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-12%3A180-180 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 12 p. 180 (DB Cooper-2316), FD-302 interview, interviewed 24 Nov 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-12%3A180-180
FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription 11/30/71
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Seattle Police Department, telephone [REDACTED] Homicide Section, [REDACTED] home address [REDACTED] provided the following information:
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At approximately 4:45 PM, November 24, 1971, [REDACTED] was advised by the Chief of Detectives that there was an extortion in progress at Sea-Tac Airport. [REDACTED] then drove his unmarked police vehicle to the Seattle First National Bank where he met various bank officials who had in their possession $200,000. in currency. He drove them to the airport, reaching the Northwest Airlines Operation Center approximately 5 PM. There the money was transferred from the bank officials to a Northwest Airlines official. [REDACTED] Also four parachutes were loaded into the police car as were eight crew meals and one set of instructions for exiting the Boeing 727.
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[REDACTED] then drove the vehicle out onto the runway. His car was followed by a stairway truck and a gas truck. He stopped the vehicle approximately 300 yards from the plane landing area at approximately 5:45 PM. Shortly there- after he observed the plane land and drove the car to the ten to eleven o'clock angle of the nose of the plane. He remained in the parked car and a short time later one stewardess exited the plane via the stair truck and approached his car. She obtained the sack containing the $200,000. and took it on board the plane. She made other trips from the car to the plane carrying the parachutes and the exiting instructions and the flight crew meals.
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During this period of time, all of the passengers left the plane and proceeded approximately 200 feet beyond the police vehicle. The passengers boarded a bus which met them at that area and then the bus proceeded toward the terminal.
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At approximately 7:25 PM [REDACTED] drove the police vehicle from the area of the plane and returned to the terminal. This was done upon instructions he received from the captain.
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Interviewed on 11/24/71 at Seattle, Washington File # SE 164-81 - 328
by SA [REDACTED] /set Date dictated 11/26/71
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DB Cooper-2316
Serials: SE 164-81 - 328