Seattle to field offices re canvassing airline headquarters, NORJAK
Document date 20 December 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-17:069-070 Document: Teletype Seattle to field offices re canvassing airline headquarters, NORJAK Id: Cooper-Part-17:069-070 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-17%3A069-070 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 17 pp. 69–70 (DB Cooper-4895–4896), Teletype, dated 20 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-17%3A069-070
FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date: 12/20/71
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Via TELETYPE NITEL (Priority)
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TO: SAC, ATLANTA (164-254), SAC, CHICAGO (164-297), SAC, DALLAS (164-191), SAC, Kansas City (164-80), SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497), SAC, MIAMI (164-552), SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73), SAC, NEW YORK (164-627), & SAC, SAN FRANCISCO (164-220).
FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
NORJAK.
FOR THE INFORMATION OF RECEIVING OFFICES, UNSUB IN THIS MATTER ADVISED STEWARDESS [REDACTED] WHEN SHE IN- QUIRED CONCERNING HIS REASON FOR HIJACKING THE PARTICULAR FLIGHT INVOLVED, THAT THE REASON FOR THE HIJACKING WAS THAT HE HAD A GRUDGE, NOT AGAINST NORTHWEST AIRLINES, BUT THAT AIRPLANE HAPPENED TO BE QUOTE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. UNQUOTE.
[REDACTED] STATED THAT SHE FELT UNSUB DISPLAYED A GOOD TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE OF FLYING IN GENERAL, AS WELL AS OF THE PARTICULAR AIRCRAFT INVOLVED, ALTHOUGH SHE HAD TO SHOW HIM HOW TO LOWER THE REAR STAIRWAY ON THE AIRCRAFT. BASED ON THIS INFORMATION, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT UNSUB COULD HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED AS A PILOT OR FLIGHT OFFICER OR POSSIBLY HAVE TRIED FOR SUCH EMPLOYMENT AND BEEN TURNED DOWN.
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JSD:kn (1) Approved: ________ Special Agent in Charge Sent ______ M Per ________
164/81-1434
DB Cooper-4895
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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
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PAGE TWO SE 164-81
IN VIEW OF THIS POSSIBILITY, THE FOLLOWING OFFICES ARE BEING REQUESTED TO CONTACT THE HEADQUARTERS OFFICES OF AIRLINES LOCATED WITHIN THEIR DIVISIONS FOR ANY INFORMA- TION CONCERNING FLIGHT OFFICERS OR APPLICANTS WHO BASED ON THE ABOVE REASONING COULD BE CONSIDERED SUSPECTS IN THIS MATTER, AND WHO MIGHT FIT THE DESCRIPTION OF UNSUB: ATLANTA - DELTA AIRLINES; CHICAGO - UNITED AIRLINES; DALLAS - BRANIFF AIRLINES; KANSAS CITY - TWA LOS ANGELES - WESTERN AIRLINES, & CONTINENTAL AIRLINES; MIAMI - EASTERN AND NATIONAL AIRLINES; MINNEAPOLIS - NORTHWEST AIRLINES; NEW YORK - PAM AMERICAN; SAN FRANCISCO - AIR WEST. - P -
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Approved: _______________ Sent _____________M Per ___________DB-Cooper-4896 Special Agent in Charge
Serials: AT 164-254, CG 164-297, DL 164-191, KC 164-80, LA 164-497, MM 164-552, MP 164-73, NY 164-627, SE 164-81, SF 164-220