Seattle to Acting Director - NORJAK weekly summary re Boeing test team personnel (3 pages)
Document date 3 August 1972
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-71:124-126 Document: Teletype Seattle to Acting Director - NORJAK weekly summary re Boeing test team personnel (3 pages) Id: Cooper-Part-71:124-126 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-71%3A124-126 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 71 pp. 124–126 (DB Cooper-30386–30388), Teletype, dated 3 Aug 1972, serial SE 164-81-3938 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-71%3A124-126
NR015 SE PLAIN 8:23 PM NITEL 8/3/72 DCA TO ACTING DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) FROM SEATTLE (164-81)(P) 3P WEEKLY SUMMARY
NORJAK.
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IN CONNECTION WITH THE BOEING PERSONNEL FILE REVIEW OF THOSE EMPLOYEES INVOLVED IN THE SEVEN TWO SEVEN AIR STAIRS TEST, THE FOLLOWING PERTINENT INFORMATION IS BEING SET FORTH HERE IN AN ATTEMPT TO PUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A BOEING TEST TEAM EMPLOYEE BEING A SUSPECT, IN ITS PERSPECTIVE:
ON JULY THIRTYONE, SEVENTYTWO, [REDACTED], A BOEING COMPANY EXECUTIVE, MADE AVAILABLE A COPY OF THE BOEING TEST SUMMARY REPORT PERTAINING TO THE FLIGHT CONFIGURATION OF THE SEVEN TWO SEVEN. THE FOLLOWING FLIGHT CONFIGURATION WAS USED DURING THE BOEING AIR STAIRS TEST:
SPEED - ONE HUNDRED TWENTYFIVE KNOTS FLAPS - TWENTYFIVE DEGREES DOWN ALTITUDE - TEN THOUSAND FEET.
IN SEATTLE REPORT OF SA CHARLES E. FARRELL, FEBRUARY SIXTEEN, END PAGE ONE
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DB Cooper-30386 Sub 0 164-81-3938
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SEVENTYTWO, IT IS NOTED THAT UNSUB REQUESTED THE FOLLOWING FLIGHT CONFIGURATION PRIOR TO TAKING OFF FROM SEA-TAC AIRPORT:
GEAR DOWN
FLAPS - FIFTEEN DEGREES DOWN
ALTITUDE - TEN THOUSAND FEET,
AFT DOOR OPEN AND THE AIR STAIRS DOWN.
WHEN IT WAS EXPLAINED TO THE HIJACKER THAT THE PLANE COULD NOT TAKE OFF WITH THE AIR STAIRS DOWN, HE REPORTEDLY SAID IN A LOW VOICE, QUOTE YES THEY CAN, BUT THE COCKPIT CAN PUT IT DOWN AFTER THEY GET AIRBORNE. ENQUOTE.
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ON JULY TWENTYSIX, SEVENTYTWO, [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT IF THE HIJACKER WAS A MEMBER OF, OR HAD CONSULTED WITH A MEMBER OF THE BOEING TEST TEAM, HE WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THE SEVEN TWO SEVEN COULD NOT HAVE TAKEN OFF WITH THE AIR STAIRS DOWN, NOR WOULD IT HAVE BEEN NECESSARY SINCE THE AIR STAIRS CAN EASILY BE LOWERED IN FLIGHT.
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STEWARDESS [REDACTED] REMARKED UPON BEING INTERVIEWED SHORTLY AFTER THE HIJACKING, THAT THE AIR STAIRS AND THE CONTROLS FOR THE AIR STAIRS WERE THE ONLY FUNCTION OF THE AIR CRAFT THAT END PAGE TWO
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THE HIJACKER DID NOT SEEM TO BE FULLY AWARE OF.
AS WAS STATED IN THE LAST WEEKLY SUMMARY, LEADS HAVE BEEN SET OUT TO OBTAIN APPROPRIATE DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION, PAREN PICTURES, LOCATION ON NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, ETC., END PAREN, FOR THOSE PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE AIR STAIRS TEST THAT COULD NOT BE ELIMINATED DURING THE FILE REVIEW.
NAMES OF ADDITIONAL SUSPECTS CONTINUE TO BE RECEIVED AND APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION INSTITUTED.
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[REDACTED] FBI WASH DC [REDACTED] FOR ONE
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DB Cooper-30388
Serials: 164-2111, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3938