Interview of parachute rigger Earl J. Cossey re color and type of parachutes supplied to hijacker
Interviewed 3 December 1971Dictated 6 December 1971Transcribed 6 December 1971
Also filed at: Part 64 p. 185 · Part 71 p. 389 · Part 110 p. 233
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-13:275-275 Document: FD-302 interview of parachute rigger Earl J. Cossey re color and type of parachutes supplied to hijacker Id: Cooper-Part-13:275-275 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-13%3A275-275 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 p. 275 (DB Cooper-3114), FD-302 interview, interviewed 3 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-635 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-13%3A275-275
FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription 12/6/71
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EARL J. COSSEY, 349 North 101st, Seattle, advised that the pilot chutes on both of the back pack parachutes which were furnished to the hijacker on 11/24/71, were white in color. He stated that also the back pack chute which was missing from the aircraft upon its arrival at Reno, Nevada, was white in color.
Concerning the chest pack parachutes, he stated that these parachutes are hand deployed and do not contain pilot chutes. The chest pack chute which was sewn up as a practice chute and which was missing from the airplane was also white in color.
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Interviewed on 12/3/71 at Seattle, Washington File # SE 164-81 -635 by SA [REDACTED] /klb Date dictated 12/6/71
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DB Cooper-3114
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Serials: SE 164-81-635