Re hijacking of Flight 305 by Paul Henderson, with radio transcript and crew photo
Document date 25 November 1971
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 53 pp. 129–131 (DB Cooper-22467–22469), News clipping, dated 25 Nov 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-53%3A129-131
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The individual' He took control of Flight 305
By PAUL HENDERSON
He was referred to as the "individual," a middle-aged man who made his play for $200,000 while Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 was preparing for take-off from the Portland International Airport.
His threat was in a note. He handed it to a stewardess. A briefcase was at his side. He said it contained a bomb.
And then the "individual" started verbally dictating instructions from his seat at the rear of the jetliner.
Flight 305 was scheduled to touch down at Seattle-Tacoma Airport at 3:21 p. m. yesterday. But with a hijacker in control, time tables went out the window when the Boeing 727 lifted off the Portland runway.
Seattle wasn't ready for Flight 305 when it appeared on radar screens here. The money was on its way. But the parachutes apparently were not.
The hijacker wanted two parachutes.
Flight 305 went into a holding pattern 25 miles northwest of Seattle. At 4:50 p. m., for the benefit of the hijacker, ground control relayed this message to the jetliner:
"F. B. I. and police have advised no action to be taken. Repeat. No action to be taken.
"We are awaiting his concurrence that you should land."
Flight Capt. William Scott relayed the hijacker's response.
"He wants us in a lighted area so he can see what's going on," Scott radioed.
And, the pilot emphasized, the hijacker wanted the money and parachutes waiting. At 5:02 p. m. they had not arrived.
Then there was dialog between Northwest control and the plane.
Northwest control: "Impress on this man that we are not trying to stall. The money is on its way. It was picked up at more than one bank."
Landing from the north, Flight 305 was to taxi to a darkened area on the southwest corner of the airport.
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p. G16 The Seattle Times Seattle, Wash.
Date: 11/25/71 Edition: Author: Paul Henderson Editor: Henry McLeod Title: UNSUB;Northwest Airlines; Flight 305 Portland to Seattle Character: 11/24/71 orCAA-HIJACKING;EXT Classification: LO4-ol Submitting Office: Seattle
☐ Being Investigated
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DB Cooper-22467
Northwest control: "This is an unlighted area. Maybe he would lie more light out there." Scott: "I have just communicated with the individual and I have appraised him of the situation. He understands it may not be possible to park the airplane in a totally secure area with lights. He accepts it." Northwest control: "We don't want the hijacker to think we are going to sneak up on the airplane." Scott: "We'll play it by ear when we get down there." Northwest control: "You hold until we have assurance that we have the money and everything." Northwest control (5:07 p. m.): "The money is at the airport. Now all we lack are two parachutes." Scott (5:21 p. m.): "He's getting very impatient for those chutes. We are going to have to come up with them pretty quick. He's beginning not to accept the fact that they are coming from another area." The parachutes had been sought, apparently without suc- cess, from McChord Air Force Base. Now they were en route in a State Patrol car from the Seattle Sky Sports airfield near Issaquah. Northwest control (5:24 p. m.): "They have just advised that the parachutes have arrived. So we'll go down and pick them up and be on our way." Northwest control (5:39 p. m.): "Everything is ready for your arrival. Flight 305 touched down in the darkness at 5:45 p. m. and stopped in a far corner of the field with its lights blink- ing. Scott (5:47 p. m.): "We'll ask you to stay there until we can coordinate with our friend in the back." Scott (5:48 p. m.): "He says to get the stuff out here right now." Two parachutes and a suitcase containing $200,000 had been loaded into a Northwest Orient courier car. It pulled out from Concourse A, heading for the blinking lights.
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DB Cooper-22468
Questions for the crew
The crew of the hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines 727 answered questions after they landed late yes- terday in Reno. From left were Capt. William Scott; Robert Rateczak, first offi- cer; Tina Mucklow, a stew- ardess, and Harold Ander- son, second officer.—A.P. wirephoto.
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Following the hijacker's instructions, a single stewardess walked out of the plane and reboarded with the parachutes and suitcase.
Thirty minutes later 36 passengers walked out of the airplane to a waiting bus. One by one, they filed into the Northwest Orient V. I. P. room on Concourse B for inter-
views with agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. A businessman in a ruffled suit, an airman in uniform, a middle-aged woman with red hair, two men wearing Stet- sons, a teen-ager in a ski jacket . . .
Most of them were smiling. A few were grinning ear to ear.
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DB Cooper-22469
Serials: LO4-ol