Urgent teletype Philadelphia to Director, Seattle and Minneapolis re stewardess interview (duplicate copy)
This copy: Part 98 pp. 136–138Also filed at Part 12 pp. 400–402 (primary) · Part 12 pp. 397–399 · Part 66 pp. 75–77 · Part 67 pp. 166–167
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Philadelphia to Director, Seattle and Minneapolis re NORJAK photo display
Document date 1 December 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-98:136-138 Document: Teletype Philadelphia to Director, Seattle and Minneapolis re NORJAK photo display Id: Cooper-Part-98:136-138 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-98%3A136-138 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 98 pp. 136–138 (DB Cooper-44192–44194), Teletype, dated 1 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-98%3A136-138
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IR91A PH PLAIN 11:18 PM 12-1-71 URGENT RJC TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) SEATTLE MINNEAPOLIS FROM PHILADELPHIA (164-133) (P)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST; CAA - HIJACKING - EXTORTION,00:SEAT LE
RE MINNEAPOLIS TELETYPE TO BUREAU DATED NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE NINETEEN SEVENTYONE AND BUREAU AIRTEL TO ALL OFFICES DATED NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE NINETEEN SEVENTYONE.
PHOTOGRAPH OF GARY EVAN JOSEPH SANDAL WITH APPROPRIATE SPREAD EXHIBITED TO STEWARDESS [REDACTED] WITHOUT EFFECTING AN IDENTIFICATION
[REDACTED] ADVISED THAT SHE RECALLS THE FOLLOWING REGARDING FLIGHT OF HIJACKING WHICH SHE MAY NOT HAVE RELATED TO FBI PREVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF HER EMOTIONAL STATE. HIJACKER INDICATED TO HER END PAGE ONE
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DB COOPER-44192 164-81-[illegible] 10 SEARCHED___INDEXED___ SERIALIZED___FILED___ DEC 1 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
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HE HAD A GRUDGE TO SETTLE, NOT WITH HER AIRLINE, JUST A GRUDGE. PRIOR TO TAKE OFF WITH CHUTES AND MONEY, HE REQUESTED PILOT TAKE OFF WITH REAR LADDER DOWN, TO FLY WITH FIFTEEN PERCENT FLAPS AND GEAR DOWN. PILOT ADVISED [REDACTED] AIRCRAFT COULD NOT BE TAKEN OFF WITH LADDER DOWN. THIS WAS CONFIRMED THROUGH [REDACTED] OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES, MINNEAPOLIS. SHE LATER LEARNED THROUGH [REDACTED] THAT IT WAS DETERMINED FROM BOEING THAT PARTICULAR TYPE OF AIRCRAFT COULD TAKE OFF WITH REAR LADDER DOWN. HIJACKER, AFTER BEING TOLD PILOT COULDN'T TAKE SHIP OFF WITH LADDER DOWN, COMMENTED IN A LOW VOICE, "YES YOU CAN, BUT GO AHEAD AND RAISE IT, WE CAN LOWER IT ONCE WE'RE IN THE AIR."
HIJACKER, WHILE ON GROUND, BECAME IRRITATED AT DELAY IN TAKE OFF AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE PILOT HAD TO FILE A FLIGHT PLAN TO WHICH HE ANSWERED, "HE CAN CALL THEM OVER THE RADIO ONCE WE'RE UP AND FILE IT." ONCE AIRBORN, HE SAID, "WE'RE GOING TO MEXICO," DID NOT GIVE A HEADING, BUT INDICATED HOW HE WANTED PLANE FLOWN WITH FLAPS SETTING AND GEAR DOWN. HE FURTHER WANTED THE PLANE END PAGE TWO
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FLOWN UNDER TEN THOUSAND FEEET THEN STATED, "THEY KNOW THEY CAN'T GO OVER TEN THOUSAND," REFERRING TO THE PILOT. [REDACTED] ADVISED OXYGEN MASKS FOR AIRCRAFT SET TO ROP AT FOURTEEN THOUSAND FEET ALTITUDE.
[REDACTED] FURTHER ADVISED HIJACKER AWARE OF PORTABLE OXYGEN UNITS IN REAR OF PLANE WHICH SHE INDICATED IN HER OPINION, WERE NOT NOTICEABLE PLACE TO PUBLIC.
[REDACTED] ADVISED BECAUSE OF EMOTIONAL STATUS SHORTLY AFTER HIJACKING, SHE FEELS SHE MAY NOT HAVE PROVIDED ALL INFORMATION AND REQUEST SHE BE REINTERVIEWED.
PHILADELPHIA WILL REINTERVIEW [REDACTED].
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DB COOPER-44194
Serials: 164-2111, PH 164-133, SE 164-81