Interview of Flight 305 crew member at Reno Airport
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Interview of Flight 305 crew member at Reno Airport
Interviewed 24 November 1971
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Id: Cooper-Part-72:018-018
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-72:018-018 Document: FD-302 interview of Flight 305 crew member at Reno Airport Id: Cooper-Part-72:018-018 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-72%3A018-018 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 72 p. 18 (DB Cooper-30794), FD-302 interview, interviewed 24 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-1034 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-72%3A018-018
FD-302 (REV. 3-17-69)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date 12/1/71
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[REDACTED], residence [REDACTED] [REDACTED] telephone [REDACTED], was inter- viewed at the Reno Airport, Reno, Nevada, on the late evening of November 24, 1971 and early morning hours of November 25, 1971. He [REDACTED] [REDACTED] on Northwest Airlines Flight 305.
[REDACTED] noted that he was present during the interviews of hostess [REDACTED] and third officer [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and concurred with the information as supplied by them.
He recalled that the hijacker had indicated the bomb had an electrical fuse and instructed the hostess that radio transmissions be limited as much as possible so that they would not set it off.
He advised that the landing at Seattle was made at 5:45 P.M., Pacific Standard Time, and that the hijacker had indicated that once the money and parachutes were brought on board and that re-fueling was simultaneously taking place, the passengers would be permitted to depart.
[REDACTED] also stated that there was a delay on the ground in securing the chest-type parachutes and when they did not arrive as quickly as had been hoped for, the crew, through hostess [REDACTED] requested permission to land anyway without them and the hijacker refused permission for same. At some point in negotiations with the hijacker, he indicated an awareness that parachutes would be obtained from McChord Air Force Base and indicated that it was only 20 miles away from the Seattle Airport.
[REDACTED] added that after take-off at 7:36 P.M., they received a call from the hijacker around 7:42 P.M., at which time he indicated that he was unable to get the stairs lowered in flight. They then slowed down the aircraft air speed and subsequently observed the cockpit signal light that the rear stairs were down. At that time the Captain instructed the hijacker to sound the bell on the intercom [guess: sub] Q in the event he wished to make any further contact with them, which he agreed to do.
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On 11/24/71 at Reno, Nevada File # LV-[REDACTED]
SAC HAROLD E. CAMPBELL, JR. and by SA H. E. HINDERLITER, JR. (MEN+skh) Date dictated [REDACTED]
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DB Cooper-30794
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Serials: SE 164-81-1034