Minneapolis to Seattle, Portland, Las Vegas, Philadelphia re feasibility of hiding behind aircraft inspection panels
Document date 3 December 1971
Also filed at: Part 13 pp. 127–128
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-65:059-060 Document: Teletype Minneapolis to Seattle, Portland, Las Vegas, Philadelphia re feasibility of hiding behind aircraft inspection panels Id: Cooper-Part-65:059-060 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-65%3A059-060 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 65 pp. 59–60 (DB Cooper-27278–27279), Teletype, dated 3 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-577 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-65%3A059-060
NR003 MP PLAIN 237PM URGENT 12-3-71 MAW TO SEATTLE (164-81) PORTLAND (164-41) LAS VEGAS (164-60) PHILADELPHIA FROM MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) 2P
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UNKNOWN SUBJECT; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST. CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.
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RE SEATTLE TELEPHONE CALL TO MINNEAPOLIS DECEMBER TWO LAST.
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NORTHWEST AIRLINES, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ADVISED THAT THE HIJACKED AIRCRAFT IS NOW BEING UTILIZED COMMERCIALLY BY THE AIRLINE AND ITS FIRST OVERNIGHT STOP WILL BE AT SEATTLE ON DECEMBER FOUR NEXT. THE AIRCRAFT IS ARRIVING AS FLIGHT SEVEN THREE FIVE AT FIVE DASH TWENTYSIX PM SEATTLE TIME AND WILL BE IN SEATTLE OVERNIGHT. [REDACTED] FURTHER ADVISED [REDACTED] IT WOULD BE ALMOST END PAGE ONE
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164-81- 577 SEARCHED ......... INDEXED ........ SERIALIZED ... MS FILED ... DEC 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-27278
PAGE TWO IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANYONE TO ENTER THE PANELS WHILE THE AIRCRAFT IS IN FLIGHT INASMUCH AS THE STAIRS HAVE TO BE FULLY DESCENDED BEFORE THE PANELS CAN BE ENTERED. HE STATED IT WOULD BE REMOTELY POSSIBLE TO ENTER EITHER OF THE PANELS BUT IS NOT VERY FEASIBLE. AS YOU FACE TOWARDS THE COCKPIT THE PANEL ON THE RIGHT SIDE HAS AMPLE ROOM FOR TWO AVERAGE SIZE INDIVIDUALS. THE PANEL ON THE LEFT SIDE HAS LESS ROOM BUT COULD ACCOMMODATE ONE PERSON.
SEATTLE IS REQUESTED TO EXAMINE AIRCRAFT AFTER ARRIVAL AS FLIGHT SEVEN THREE FIVE.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
P.
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VAB
FBI SEATTLE CLR
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DB Cooper-27279
Serials: LV 164-60, MP 164-73, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-577