Las Vegas to Seattle re inspection of Flight 305 aircraft panels at Reno

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Las Vegas to Seattle re inspection panels near rear stairway found riveted shut

Document date 3 December 1971

Part 65page 721 pageDB Cooper-27293

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Id: Cooper-Part-65:072-072

Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-65:072-072

Document: Teletype Las Vegas to Seattle re inspection panels near rear stairway found riveted shut
Id: Cooper-Part-65:072-072
Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-65%3A072-072

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 65 p. 72 (DB Cooper-27293), Teletype, dated 3 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-578 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-65%3A072-072

NR004 LV PLAIN 4:30 PM URGENT 12-3-71 SGT TO SEATTLE (164-81) FROM LAS VEGAS (164-60)

UNSUB, AKA DAN COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, SEVENTY-ONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.

RE SEATTLE TEL INSTANT.

INSPECTION PANELS LOCATED NEAR REAR STAIRWAY IN INSTANT FLIGHT WERE REMOVED AND AREAS BEHIND THEM INSPECTED WHILE PLANE WAS AT RENO, NEVADA.

FOLLOWING THE SEARCH OF THE PLANE AND THE DUSTING OF IT FOR FINGERPRINTS THERE WAS A GUARD PLACED AT THE PLANE FOR SECURITY PURPOSES AND THE PLANE WAS "BUTTONED UP" UNTIL JUST BEFORE IT LEFT RENO AT ELEVEN TWO A.M., NOVEMBER TWENTY-FIVE, SEVENTY-ONE. IN ADDITION, THE RESTROOM FACILITIES WERE SEARCHED. END

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DB Cooper-27293

164-81-578

SERIALIZED......FILED...... DEC 3 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

Serials: LV 164-60, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-578