Seattle to Director and field offices re UNSUB's aviation knowledge and airline headquarters checks
Document date 20 December 1971
Report a problem
Email this to [email protected]
Id: Cooper-Part-55:072-074
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-55:072-074 Document: Teletype Seattle to Director and field offices re UNSUB's aviation knowledge and airline headquarters checks Id: Cooper-Part-55:072-074 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-55%3A072-074 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
A person reads every report. Corrections are made by hand, to the data — titles, dates, names, which pages belong together — never to the scans, and they can take a while to appear.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 55 pp. 72–74 (DB Cooper-23211–23212), Teletype, dated 20 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-55%3A072-074
NR041 WA PLAIN 9:55PM 631 PM NITEL 12/20/71 VAB TO ATLANTA (164-254) CHICAGO (164-297) DALLAS (164-191) KANSAS CITY (164-80) LOS ANGELES (164-497) MIAMI (164-552) MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) NEW YORK (164-627) SAN FRANCISCO (164-220) - - - - ALL OFFICES VIA DIRECTOR - - - - FROM SEATTLE (164-81)
---
NORJAK.
FOR THE INFORMATION OF RECEIVING OFFICES, UNSUB IN THIS MATTER ADVISED STEWARDESS [REDACTED] WHEN SHE INQUIRED CONCERNING HIS REASON FOR HIJACKING THE PARTICULAR FLIGHT INVOLVED, THAT THE REASON FOR THE HIJACKING WAS THAT HE HAD A GRUDGE, NOT AGAINST NORTHWEST ARILINES, BUT THAT AIRPLANE HAPPENED TO BE QUOTE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. UNQUOTE. END PAGE ONE
---
164-4/97 174 SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FIELD
PAGE TWO 164-81
---
[REDACTED] STATED THAT SHE FELT UNSUB DISPLAYED A GOOD TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE OF FLYING IN GENERAL, AS WELL AS OF THE PARTICULAR AIR- CRAFT INVOLVED, ALTHOUGH SHE HAD TO SHOW HIM HOW TO LOWER THE REAR STAIRWAY ON THE AIRCRAFT. BASED ON THIS INFORMATION, IT WOULD AP- PEAR THAT UNSUB COULD HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED AS A PILOT OR FLIGHT OF- FICER OR POSSIBLY HAVE TRIED FOR SUCH EMPLOYMENT AND BEEN TURNED DOWN.
---
IN VIEW OF THIS POSSIBILITY, THE FOLLOWING OFFICES ARE BEING REQUESTED TO CONTACT THE HEADQUARTERS OFFICES OF AIRLINES LOCATED WITHIN THEIR DIVISIONS FOR ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING FLIGHT OFFI- CERS OF APPLICANTS WHO BASED ON THE ABOVE REASON COULD BE CONSI- DERED SUSPECTS IN THIS MATTER, AND WHO MIGHT FIT THE DESCRIPTION OF UNSUB:
ATLANTA - DELTA AIRLINES; CHICAGO - UNITED AIRLINES; END PAGE TWO
---
b6 b7C
---
DB Cooper-23211
PAGE THREE 164-81
---
DALLAS - BRANIFF AIRLINES; KANSAS CITY - TWA LOS ANGELES - WESTERN AIRLINES & CONTINENTAL AIRLINES; MIAMI - EASTERN AND NATIONAL AIRLINES; MINNEAPOLIS - NORTHWEST AIRLINES; NEW YORK - PAN AMERICAN; SAN FRANCISCO - AIR WEST. -P-
---
END
FOR TWO TELS NEE FBI LOS ANGELES CLR
---
b6 b7C
---
DB Cooper-23212
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