Transcript of radio communications, Reno Tower / Oakland ARTCC and Flight 305
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Id: Cooper-Part-66:045-047
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-66:045-047 Document: Transcript of radio communications, Reno Tower / Oakland ARTCC and Flight 305 Id: Cooper-Part-66:045-047 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-66%3A045-047 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 66 pp. 45–47 (DB Cooper-27751, DB Cooper-27762), Report — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-66%3A045-047
0632 GMT
RNO TWR DR: RENO
OAK ARTCC: LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GIVE YOU A HANDOFF NORTHEAST THREE ZERO FIVE
RNO TWR DR: I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WEST YET
OAK ARTCC: OKAY STRETCH YOUR RADAR WAY OUT TO THE NORTHEAST
0633 GMT
RNO TWR DR: OKAY I'M OUT TO FIFTY MILES NOW
OAK ARTCC: OKAY
RNO TWR DR: IS HE STILL ON TWENTY ONE
OAK ARTCC: HE'S ON TWENTY ONE WE HAVE A ALSO CODE ELEVEN THIS IS A AIR RESCUE FIVE ZERO HILL EIGHT THREE
OAK ARTCC: AND THE LET ME GIVE YOU THE TYPE I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S GOING TO FOLLOW HIM IN FOR A LANDING
OAK ARTCC: AND IT'S A C ONE THIRTY COPY
RNO TWR DR: YEAH
OAK ARTCC: OKAY
0634 GMT
RNO TWR DR: RADAR CONTACT NORTHEAST THREE ZERO FIVE AT FORTY TWO MILES
OAK ARTCC: FORTY TWO WEST NORTHWEST OF RENO HEADING ZERO SIX ZERO ONE ONE THOUSAND
RNO TWR DR: LH
OAK ARTCC: OKAY RESCUE FIVE ZERO NINE EIGHT THREE IS AH SIX IN TRAIL FIVE MILES PROVIDING HIS OWN SEPARATION
RNO TWR DR: OKAY I DON'T HAVE HIM YET
OAK ARTCC: OKAY LET'S ON CODE ELEVEN HOWEVER HE IS AT ONE TWO THOUSAND
RNO TWR DR: LH
0535 GMT
OAK ARTCC: WAIT WHAT FREQUENCY FOR RENO APPROACH
RNO TWR DR: PUT HIM ON ONE TWO SIX POINT THREE
OAK ARTCC: ONE TWO SIX THREE
RNO TWR IN: RIGHT
OAK ARTCC: WILL DO
H:305: RENO APPROACH THIS IS NORTHWEST THREE ZERO FIVE ELEVEN THOUSAND HEADING ZERO SIX ZERO
RNO TWR DR: NORTHWEST THREE ZERO FIVE RENO APPROACH RADAR CONTACT THIRTY MILES NORTHEAST OF RENO USING RUNWAY ONE SIX WITH ZERO TWO ZERO DEGREES VARIABLE AT SEVEN ALTIMETER THREE ZERO ONE ZERO MAINTAIN PRESENT HEADING FOR VECTOR TO THE ILS FINAL APPROACH COURSE EXPECT LOWER ALTITUDES AN CORRECTION EXPECT A LOWER ALTITUDE IN TWENTY MILES
NW305: OKAY AH WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE BACK NOW AND AH WE'RE GOING TO GET THOSE STOPS UP BEFORE WE CAN MAKE OUR LANDING SO AH WE'LL PROCEED IN AND AH WERE LIABLE TO BREAK IT OFF AT SOME POINT AND WE'LL KEEP YOU ADVISED
0536 GMT
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DB Cooper-27751
AND AN WE ARE UNABLE TO DO THIS WE WOULD LIKE TO SECURE THE AIRCRAFT WE'LL LEAVE THE BEACON ON WE'RE GOING TO WELL FACT OF THE MATTER IS WE'RE GOING TO SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN WE'RE GONE TO TAKE LEAVE OF THE AIRCRAFT WE WOULD REQUEST THAT AN WE HAVE GROUND TRANSPORTATION IF YA WOULD AN WE DON'T NEED THE FUELERS WE CERTAINLY THANK THEM FOR STANDING BY AND EVERYONE ELSE WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT AND HELP WE GOT AND IF WE COULD GET SOME AN TRANSPORTATION INTO AN WELL AN I THINK UNITED HAS AN OPERATIONS AN DEPARTMENT HERE DO THEY NOT
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0714 GMT
RNO TWR LC: THREE ZERO FIVE AFFIRMATIVE DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING ON THE AIRCRAFT DEPART THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE FRONT ENTRANCE DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING OR IF JUST DEPART IT FROM THE FRONT WE WILL HAVE TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE
NW305: OKAY AN BE ADVISED AN WE GOT NO FRONT AN STEPS AND AN WE JUST TOOK NOT HAVE ANYONE COME OUT HERE AN WE'LL GO DOWN THE BACK STEPS AND AN AN WE'LL BE TAKING LEAVE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND SHUTTING IT DOWN AT THIS TIME AND WE'LL STAND AN ON THE FORWARD PART OF THE AIRCRAFT AWAITING AN TRANSPORTATION
RNO TWR LC: DO YOU CAN YOU REMEMBER THE LAST TIME YOU VISUALLY OBSERVED OR OBSERVED SA THE HIJACKER
NW305: I'M SORRY I AN AN WE HAVE AN BEEN GIVEN ORDERS IF YOU'LL IF YOU'LL PARDON US FOR AN NOT CUTTING YA SHORT BUT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN ORDERS NOT TO NOT TO AN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME
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0715 GMT
RNO TWR LC: THREE ZERO FIVE CAN YA STAND BY ONE MINUTE PLEASE.
NW305: OKAY STANDING BY
RNO TWR LC: ALL RIGHT YOU'RE GONNA EXIT THE AIRCRAFT NOW AND STAND BY THE FRONT IS THAT CORRECT
NW305: THAT IS AFFIRMATIVE THE ONLY THING THAT WE'LL NEED OUT HERE IS A GROUND TRANSPORTATION THE THE OTHER GENTLEMAN AN WE THANK THEM VERY MUCH AS AN EN ALONG WITH YOU PEOPLE FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU -------------- WE'LL BE IN THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AWAITING AN TRANSPORTATION
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DB Cooper-27762