Philadelphia to Director and Seattle re crew interview and aircraft inspection
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Original title: Teletype Philadelphia to Director, Minneapolis and Seattle re crew interview and aircraft inspection
Document date 3 December 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-13:059-060 Document: Teletype Philadelphia to Director and Seattle re crew interview and aircraft inspection Id: Cooper-Part-13:059-060 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-13%3A059-060 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 13 pp. 59–60 (DB Cooper-2860–2861), Teletype, dated 3 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-13%3A059-060
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HIS MIND AFTER AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF; SHE WAS IN THE COCKPIT WITHIN FIVE MINUTES AFTER TAKE OFF AND RECALLS TEN MINUTES AFTER BEING IN COCKPIT THAT ONE OF THE COCKPIT CREW RECEIVED AN INTERPHONE CALL FROM HIJACKER ADVISING HE COULD NOT LOWER THE LANDED SO THE PILOT LEVELED THE AIRCRAFT OFF AND REDUCED SPEED. SHE RECALLS SEEING THE RED LIGHT GO ON THE SECOND OFFICER'S PANEL INDICATING THE REAR LADDER HAD DROPPED AND WITHIN FIVE MINUTES OF THE FIRST CALL A SECOND CALL WAS RECEIVED BY ONE OF THE OFFICERS FROM HIJACKER WHICH WAS THE LAST COMMUNICATION WITH THE HIJACKER.
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ON DECEMBER TWO LAST, INVESTIGATION AT PHILADELPHIA INTERNATION- AL AIRPORT REVEALED THAT THERE IS AN ACCESS PANEL IN THE REAR LANDED. WELL ON EITHER SIDE OF THE WELL ENABLING MECHANICS TO REACH EQUIPMENT BETWEEN WELL AND OUTER FUSELAGE OF THE SHIP IN THE TAIL. THIS PANEL CAN BE OPENED FROM INSIDE THE WELL AND THE FUSELAGE WITHOUT TOOLS. FACING THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT IT IS NOTED THAT THE AREA BEHIND THE PANEL ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE WELL CONTAINS SUFFICIENT ROOM FOR TWO OR THREE MEN TO BE INSIDE. THE END PAGE THREE
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DB Cooper-2860
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SAME ROOM IS AVAILABLE BEHIND THE RIGHT PANEL, HOWEVER, A MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE AIR DUCTS CONTAINED WITHIN THAT WALL WOULD CAUSE THE HEAT INSIDE THE PANEL TO BE TOO HOT FOR MAN TO SURVIVE.
SEATTLE CONSIDER CHECK OF LEFT REAR TAIL PANEL SECTION OF HIJACKED AIRCRAFT TO DETERMINE IF IT IS POSSIBLE THAT HIJACKER MAY HAVE UTILIZED THIS SPACE TO CONCEAL HIMSELF DURING FLIGHT. ARMED AND DANGEROUS. END SLA
SEATTLE RFBI CLP
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DB Cooper-2861