Seattle to Director, Portland and Las Vegas re hijacking of Northwest Flight 305
Document date 25 November 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-90:046-049 Document: Teletype Seattle to Director, Portland and Las Vegas re hijacking of Northwest Flight 305 Id: Cooper-Part-90:046-049 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-90%3A046-049 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 90 pp. 46–49 (DB Cooper-40025, DB Cooper-40028, DB Cooper-40030, DB Cooper-40031), Teletype, dated 25 Nov 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-90%3A046-049
NR022 SE PLAIN 5:57 AM NITEL 11/25/71 SUD TO DIRECTOR PORTLAND LAS VEGAS FROM SEATTLE (164-NEW) SP
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UNKNOWN SUBJECT; NORTHWEST FLIGHT 305, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
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SEATTLE-TACOMA AIRPORT (SEA-TAC) CALLED AT APPROXIMATELY THREE TWENTYTWO PM, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR INSTANT, ADVISING THAT A MAN ABOARD INSTANT PLANE AT PORTLAND, OREGON, PASSED WORD TO THE PILOT THAT HE HAD A BOMB IN HIS BRIEFCASE AND DEMANDED TWO HUNDREDTHOUSAND DOLLARS. HE INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO GET THIS MONEY READY BY FIVE PM, AND ALSO TO FURNISH HIM TWO PARACHUTES. SUBJECT INSTRUCTED PILOT TO HAVE NO ONE MEET THE AIRCRAFT; NO ONE WAS TO APPROACH THE AIRCRAFT AND THAT HE WOULD ADVISE LATER WHAT HIS FLIGHT PLANS WERE. END OF PAGE ONE
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SEARCHED _______ INDEXED ___ SERIALIZED _______ FILED ___ NOV 26 1971 FBI - PORTLAND
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DB Cooper-40025
PAGE FOUR SE 164-NEW
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PLANE WAS AIRBORNE AT SEVEN THIRTYSEVEN PM, FLYING IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION, UNDER THE SURVEILLANCE OF TWO PLANES FROM MC CHORD AIR FORCE BASE.
THE NAME DAN COOPER APPEARED ON A MANIFEST OF PASSENGERS BOARDING AT PORTLAND, OREGON. THE SUBJECT IN THIS CASE MADE HIS FIRST APPROACH TO THE STEWARDESS JUST AS THE PLANE WAS LEAVING THE FIELD AT PORTLAND, OREGON. DAN COOPER WAS NOT AMONG THE PASSENGERS DEPLANING AT SEATTLE.
.DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBJECT OBTAINED BY INTERVIEW WITH STEWARD- ESSES AS FOLLOWS:
WHITE, MALE, AMERICAN, OLIVE COMPLEXION, LATIN APPEARANCE, BLACK HAIR, NORMAL HAIR STYLE, PARTED ON LEFT, AGE MIDDLE FORTIES, SIX FEET TALL, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY TO SEVENTYFIVE LBS., AVERAGE BUILD, BROWN EYES, BLACK SUIT, WHITE SHIRT, NARROW BLACK TIE, BLACK RAIN-TYPE OVERCOAT, BLACK DRESS SUIT, DARK BRIEFCASE.
SUBJECT WAS NOT KNOWN TO BE ARMED HOWEVER, WHEN HE FIRST APPROACHED THE STEWARDESS, HE TOLD HER HE HAD A BOMB IN THE BRIEFCASE AND EXHIBITED THE CONTENTS OF THE BRIEFCASE.
END OF PAGE FOUR
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DB Cooper-40028
PAGE SIX SE 164-NEW
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PASSENGER OBSERVED STEWARDESS AND HIJACKER CONVERSING THROUGHOUT FLIGHT. IMMEDIATELY UPON LANDING AT SEA-TAC, HIJACKER ENTERED REST ROOM, REMAINED THERE ABOUT ONE MINUTE AND THEN RETURNED TO SEAT PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED.
ONE PASSENGER SCUFFLED BRIEFLY WITH HIJACKER. SECOND PASSENGER PULLED FIRST PASSENGER AWAY FROM HIJACKER. NO OTHER UNUSUAL INCIDENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN PASSENGERS AND HIJACKER.
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INFORMATION CONCERNING THE HIJACKING WAS FURNISHED TO THE FOLLOWING OFFICES BY TELEPHONE:
AQ, BT, SU, SD, LA, SC, SF, PX, LV, PD, DN, AND [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED]
PARACHUTES FURNISHED TO SUBJECT TO SUBJECT ARE DESCRIBED AS:
TWO FRONT CHEST CHUTES, TWENTYFOUR FEET IN DIAMETER, ALL WHITE NYLON, MODEL T-SEVEN A, WHITE SHROUDS, ABOUT FOURTEEN FEET LONG. NUMBER ONE CONTAINER HAS QUOTE [REDACTED] ENQUOTE WRITTEN ON IT, AND IS ABOUT TEN BY THIRTEEN INCHES, OLIVE DRAB. NUMBER TWO CONTAINER HAS [REDACTED] WRITTEN ON A WHITE PATCH WHICH IS SEWN TO CONTAINER.
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DB Cooper-40030
PAGE SEVEN SE 164-NEW
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TWO BACK PACK CHUTES CONTAINERS WERE ORDINARY MILITARY TYPE OLIVE DRAB IN COLOR, TWO TO THREE FEET LONG, FIFTEEN TO EIGHTEEN INCHES WIDE. NUMBER ONE BACK PACK CHUTE DESCIRBED AS CIVILIAN LUXURY TYPE. TAN SOFT COTTON MATERIAL OUTSIDE, TWENTY SIX FOOT WHITE CANOPY INSIDE, AND HAS A MILITARY CHUTE INSIDE OF IT, ALSO ONE OR TWO BURP SACKS, AND USUAL LEAD SEAL. NUMBER TWO BACK PACK SHUTE WAS A MILITARY NYLON TYPE, OLIVE DRAB GREEN OUTSIDE, TWENTY EIGHT FOOT WHITE CANOPY INSIDE, WITH TWO BURP SACKS IN BACK, LEAD SEAL. SEALS HAD NOT BEEN PULLED.
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CAN IDENTIFY BOTH. INV CONTINUEING TO OBTAIN SERIAL NUMBERS.
NORHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT LOG REVEALS THAT AT EIGHT ZERO FIVE PM, WHILE IN IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF PORTLAND, OREGON, CAPTAIN ATTEMPTED TO COMMUNICATE WITH UNSUB ON TWO OCCASIONS, AT WHICH TIME UNSUB ADVISED QUOTE EVERYTHING IS OK ENQUOTE. AT EIGHT TWELVE PM, WHILE FLYING SOUTH OF PORTLAND, OREGON, CREW REPORTED GETTING SOME OSCILLATION IN THE CABIN AND ADVISED QUOTE MUST BE DOING SOMETHING WITH AIR STAIRS. ENQUOTE. NO FURTHER ENTRIES ON LOG AT SEATTLE. END OF PAGE SEVEN
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DB Cooper-40031
Serials: 164-NEW, SE 164-NEW