'February hijacking recalled' re Chappin Scott Paterson
Document date 25 November 1971
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 53 p. 155 (DB Cooper-22493), News clipping, dated 25 Nov 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-53%3A155-155
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February hijacking recalled
The hijacking of a Northwest Orient Airlines Portland-to-Seattle flight was the second hijacking of a Seattle-bound plane this year.
February 25, a Western Airlines plane from Ontario, Calif., was en route from its only stop, San Francisco, when it was hijacked over Medford, Ore., and forced to fly to Vancouver, B. C.
The passengers and crew returned to Seattle after a youth was arrested and the plane and luggage were searched.
Chappin Scott Paterson, 19, who originally demanded the plane be flown to Cuba, was indicted by a federal grand jury here on a charge of air piracy.
Paterson later pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of interfering with the operation of an airliner. Hijacking and kidnaping charges were dismissed by the government. He is in the corrections center at Lompoc, Calif., serving a term of up to 10 years.
Ninty-two passengers and a crew of six were aboard the Western 707 in February. Thirty-six passengers, the hijacker, and a crew of six were aboard the Northwest 727 yesterday.
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p.G17 The Seattle Times Seattle, Wash.
Date: 11/25/71 Edition: Author: Editor: Henry McLeod Title: UNSUB;Northwest Airlines,Flight 305, Portland to Seattle Character: 1/24/71 or CAA-HIJACKING;EXT Classification: 164-81 Submitting Office: Seattle
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COPY - SENT TO BUREAU SEARCHED .......... INDEXED SERIALIZED .......... FILED FBI — SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-22493
Serials: SE 164-81