SAC Seattle to file re Northwest Airlines contact in Minneapolis
Document date 30 November 1971
Also filed at: Part 65 p. 94 · Part 66 p. 79
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-12:181-181 Document: Memo SAC Seattle to file re Northwest Airlines contact in Minneapolis Id: Cooper-Part-12:181-181 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-12%3A181-181 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. 181 (DB Cooper-2317), Memo, dated 30 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-329 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-12%3A181-181
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
TO : FILE (164-81) DATE: 11/30/71
FROM : SAC, SEATTLE
SUBJECT: UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305 PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
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On 11/29/71 I talked to [REDACTED b6/b7C] Northwest Airlines, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
I pointed out to him that I had examined the log of this flight very carefully and it would appear that the area in which we are currently searching is the most logical one to search. However, I was curious to know if the pilot would be able to detect a difference in the trim of the plane, caused by the added weight brought about through the hijacker's descent on the stairway.
[REDACTED b6/b7C] said this would very likely be detected by the pilot were it not for the fact that the plane was on "automatic pilot" during the flight, which he des- cribed as being a normal procedure. He continued, however, and said he had examined minutely the flight recorder record and was unable to detect any similar occurrence in the airplane at the site we are presently searching. He advised that in view of this very likely there would be no other logical place to commence a search at this time.
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164-81-329 SEARCHED_____ INDEXED SERIALIZED___ FILED NOV 3 0 1971 FBI — SEATTLE
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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan 5010-108 DB Cooper-2317
Serials: SE 164-81, SE 164-81-329