Interview of Flight 305 passenger describing the hijacker
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Interview of passenger who boarded Flight 305 at Portland, with UNSUB description
Interviewed 24 November 1971Dictated 26 November 1971
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 67 pp. 181–183 (DB Cooper-28464–28466), FD-302 interview, interviewed 24 Nov 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-67%3A181-183
FD-302 (REV. 3-17-69)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date: November 29, 1971
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On November 24, 1971[REDACTED], Washington, telephone[REDACTED] was interviewed in [REDACTED] [REDACTED], Seattle, Washington. He stated he is [REDACTED] [REDACTED], Seattle, Washington, telephone [REDACTED].
[REDACTED] boarded Northwest Airlines Flight 305 at Portland, Oregon on November 24, 1971 at approximately 2:45 p.m. [REDACTED] passenger to board the aircraft. He believed he had seat[REDACTED] which was an aisle seat on the port (left) side of the aircraft in the rear.
He stated that he did not realize that this air- craft was being hijacked until it landed at the Seattle- Tacoma Airport, Seattle, at approximately 5:50 p.m., to the best of his recollection. He recalled that when the aircraft first approached Seattle the pilot announced that there would be a delay in landing due to some mechanical difficulty and that he would have to circle the field to burn up the fuel. This would take about half an hour. However, the aircraft circled for a much longer period and while [REDACTED] felt that something was amiss, he did not consider that the aircraft was being hijacked.
During the flight he had noticed a man seated in a window seat on the starboard (right) side of the aircraft to [REDACTED] rear. A brown haired stewardess, name unknown, was seated by this man all the time. The stewardess had the aisle seat. [REDACTED] thought this was strange. The stewardess said not to look at the man, but [REDACTED] said he managed to turn back and look at the man twice, who stayed slouched down in his seat. He never saw the man stand and never heard him speak. He did not see that the man had any packages with him. The name of this stewardess is unknown to him.
At about ten minutes before the announcement was
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11/24/71 at Seattle, Washington File# SE 164-81-[REDACTED]
by SA [REDACTED] :kdl Date dictated 11/26/71
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DB Cooper-28464
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made that there would be a delay in landing at the Seattle- Tacoma Airport, [REDACTED] rose to go to the bathroom and started toward the one on the starboard side, but the [REDACTED] stewardess, above, told him to use the one on the port side which he did. [REDACTED]
After the aircraft landed, the passengers in the rear of the aircraft were told to move forward, but since [REDACTED] the above man, he stayed in his seat. [REDACTED] person , to this man, except for the stewardess. [illegible] unknown.
After the landing he noticed a blonde stewardess, one of the in flight stewardesses, carrying a money bag about two feet tall. He did not see her give it to the man. [REDACTED] said there were three stewardesses on the flight, the one blonde and two brunettes.
He said that he heard some parachutes had been brought on board but he did not see them.
When the passengers got off the aircraft by the forward door, the above man stayed on board. [REDACTED] said he had not seen this man board the aircraft but remarked that [REDACTED] passenger on board at Portland.
[REDACTED] described the above man as follows:
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Name Unknown Race Caucasian, believed to be of Mexican-American descent with possibly some American Indian blood Sex Male Age About 35 years Complexion Swarthy Hair Jet black, wavy, marcelled, greasy patent leather sheen, combed back at slight angle to the right, slight part on left, combed close to the head, slightly receding in front
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DB Cooper-28465
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Eyes Unknown; man wore dark glasses with very dark horn rims Height Man remained seated; believed to be short, maybe 5'9" Weight 165 lbs. (estimate) Clothing Reddish brown suit coat with wide lapels, color was unusual, more of a russet color; light or neutral colored shirt; contrasting necktie, medium to dark color; other items of clothing unknown.
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[illegible] ... [illegible] [The majority of this section is too degraded to reliably transcribe. Scattered partially visible words and fragments are present but cannot be assembled into coherent text.]
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DB Cooper-28466
Serials: SE 164-81