FBI press release re D.B. Cooper hijacking case summary
Document date 12 February 1980
Also filed at: Part 67 p. 31
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Part of: FBI press release re D.B. Cooper hijacking and February 1980 recovery of ransom money
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-65:139-139 Document: FBI press release re D.B. Cooper hijacking case summary Id: Cooper-Part-65:139-139 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-65%3A139-139 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 p. 139 (DB Cooper-27384), Report, dated 12 Feb 1980 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-65%3A139-139
Seattle, Washington February 12, 1980
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PRESS RELEASE SUBS: [box] E5 97 M;
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PAUL L. MACK, SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI) FOR WASHINGTON, HAS ANNOUNCED A DEVELOPMENT IN A CRIME WHICH BEGAN ON THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 24, 1971, AT PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, PORTLAND, OREGON, AND HAS BECOME WIDELY KNOWN SINCE THAT TIME AS THE D. B. COOPER HIJACKING CASE.
ON THE NIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING, 1971, A MAN WHO GAVE THE NAME DAN COOPER BOUGHT A ONE-WAY TICKET ON NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305 FROM PORTLAND, OREGON, TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. UPON DEPARTING PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, COOPER NOTIFIED A STEWARDESS THAT HE WAS HIJACKING THE AIRCRAFT AND DISPLAYED TO HER WHAT HE SAID WAS A BOMB IN HIS BRIEFCASE. THE FLIGHT PROCEEDED TO SEATTLE, WHERE AFTER MAINTAINING A HOLDING PATTERN FOR SEVERAL HOURS, IT WAS PER- MITTED TO LAND AND REFUEL. AFTER $200,000 AND FOUR PARACHUTES DEMANDED BY THE HIJACKER WERE BROUGHT ON BOARD, HE RELEASED ALL OF THE PASSENGERS AND ALL BUT FOUR MEMBERS OF THE CREW. THE FLIGHT THEN TOOK OFF AND PROCEEDED SOUTH THROUGH WASHINGTON TOWARD RENO, NEVADA. THE HIJACKER INSTRUCTED THAT THE FLAPS AND GEAR REMAIN LOWERED AND THE REAR STAIR DOOR OPEN. AS THE AIRCRAFT PASSED OVER LA CENTER, WASHINGTON, CABIN PRESSURE FLUCTUATION WAS OBSERVED, WHICH WAS LATER DETERMINED TO INDICATE HIS DEPARTURE FROM THE AIRCRAFT
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16 V-71-8916 SEARCHED __|__| INDEXED__|__| SERIALIZED_|/|_ FILED___|__| FEB 1 2 1980 FBI—SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-27384
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b6 b7C
Serials: 16 V-71-8916