Las Vegas to Director, Portland and Seattle re hijacking of Flight 305 and Reno landing
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Original title: Teletype Las Vegas to Director, Portland and Seattle re hijacking of Northwest Flight 305 and Reno landing
Document date 25 November 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-90:059-061 Document: Teletype Las Vegas to Director, Portland and Seattle re hijacking of Flight 305 and Reno landing Id: Cooper-Part-90:059-061 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-90%3A059-061 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. 59–61 (DB Cooper-40043, DB Cooper-40044, DB Cooper-40048), Teletype, dated 25 Nov 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-90%3A059-061
LV 164-6Ø PAGE FOUR
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EIGHT ITEMS WHICH APPEARED TO BE DYNAMITE STICKS, BOTH COVERED AND UNCOVERED WIRE AND A DC BATTERY. NOTE WAS WRITTEN ON APPROX. SIX INCH BY NINE INCH PLAIN PAPER WITH FELT TYPE PEN AND HIJACKER INSISTED UPON RETURN OF SAME. SECOND NOTE FROM HIJACKER, ON STANDARD ENVELOPE, INDICATED HE WANTED, UPON LANDING AT SEATTLE, TO BE FURNISHED WITH FOUR PARACHUTES, INCLUDING TWO BACK PACKS AND TWO CHEST PACKS, ALONG WITH TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH IN CERTAIN DENOMINATIONS. DENOMINATIONS UNRECALLED AND NOTE STATED HE WANTED ABOVE ITEMS "BY FIVE O CLOCK". HOSTESS [REDACTED] SAT WITH HIJACKER DURING ENTIRE REMAINDER OF FLIGHT TO SEATTLE AND RELAYED REPEATED STATEMENTS FROM HIJACKER THAT ITEMS HE REQUESTED MUST BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT BEFORE PLANE LANDED.
THE HIJACKER COMMENTED TO THE HOSTESS THAT THE BOMB HE HAD WAS ELECTRICALLY FUSED AND SHE SHOULD WARN THE CREW THAT ELECTRICAL SIGNALS MIGHT DETONATE THE BOMB. IN RESPONSE TO RELAYED MESSAGES TO THE CREW THEY CONTINUALLY PROFESSED COMPLETE COOPERATION AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEMANDS OF THE HIJACKER. THE PASSENGERS WERE NOT ADVISED OF THE HIJACKING PRIOR TO LANDING AT SEATTLE.
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DB Cooper-40043
LV 164-60 PAGE FIVE
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THE PLANE LANDED AT SEATTLE AT FIVE FORY FIVE PM, PST, AND AFTER PARKING IN THE DESIGNATED AREA THE ENGINES WERE SHUT DOWN. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HIJACKERS INSTRUCTION THE CAPT. ADVISED THE PASSENGERS OF MECHANICAL PROBLEMS AND INSTRUCTED ALL TO REMAIN IN THEIR SEATS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. PRIOR TO LANDING THE CAPT. STATES HE CIRCLED THE AIRPORT FOR APPROX. ONE AND ONE HALF HOURS AWAITING ARRIVAL OF THE ITEMS REQUESTED BY THE HIJACKER.
THE HIJACKER SPECIFICALLY INSTRUCTED THAT ALL PASSENGERS STAY ON BOARD UNTIL HE RECEIVED THE MONEY AND AND UNTIL THE FUEL TRUCKS HAD COMMENCED FUELING. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE HIJACKER HOSTESS [REDACTED] LEFT THE PLANE AND OBTAINED THE MONEY BAG CONTAINING TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. SHE RETURNED TO THE PLANE WITH THE MONEY AND AFTER DELIVERING IT TO THE HIJACKER HE INSPECTED SAME AND THEN TOLD THE HOSTESS TO ALLOW THE PASSENGERS TO DEPLANE. HOSTESS [REDACTED] MADE THREE MORE TRIPS TO BRING FOUR BRIGHT ORANGE PARACHUTES END PAGE FIVE
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DB Cooper-40044
PAGE NINE LV 164-60
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CAPT. ADVISED THAT PLANE WOULD DEPART RENO, NEVADA NINE FORTY FIVE AM FOR SEATTLE AND ALL BAGGAGE WOULD BE UNLOADED AT SEATTLE.
PORTLAND TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED OF RESULTS OF INTERVIEWS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING SAME.
INVESTIGATION CONTINUING LAS VEGAS DIVISION AND ALL LEADS WILL BE GIVEN IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.
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DB Cooper-40048
Serials: LV 164-60