Seattle to Chicago re Seattle witnesses viewing photo of Gary E. Sandal
Document date 1 December 1971
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Id: Cooper-Part-98:141-143
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-98:141-143 Document: Teletype Seattle to Chicago re Seattle witnesses viewing photo of Gary E. Sandal Id: Cooper-Part-98:141-143 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-98%3A141-143 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. 141–143 (DB Cooper-44197–44199), Teletype, dated 1 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-340 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-98%3A141-143
NR002 SE PLAIN 9:14AM URGENT 12/1/71 VAB TO CHICAGO FROM SEATTLE (164-81)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE.
RE BUREAU FACSIMILE TO CHICAGO AND SEATTLE NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE LAST, PERTAINING TO GARY E.I. SANDAL.
THREE WITNESSES SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, HAVE VIEWED SANDAL'S PHOTO AND INDICATE HE IS NOT THE SUBJECT. IN VIEW OF SANDAL'S INQUIRING OF AIRLINE EMPLOYEES IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER, IN WHICH HE ASKED QUESTIONS OF HOW SLOW THE SEVEN TWO SEVEN WOULD FLY; WHAT DEGREE OF FLAPS WOULD BE NECESSARY TO SLOW IT DOWN; WHAT EFFECT LOWERING THE WHEELS WOULD HAVE ON THE SPEED; WHETHER THE REAR LADDER COULD BE OPENED IN FLIGHT AND ALSO QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS TYPE OF AIRCRAFT BEING VACATED BY PARACHUTE AND IN VIEW OF THE FACT HE IS A SKYDIVER AND HIS COMMENT THAT A PARACHUTE JUMP WOULD BE EASY, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT CHICAGO INTERVIEW SANDAL. END PAGE ONE
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pub 10 164-81-340 DB COOPER-44197
PAGE TWO 164-81
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CHICAGO AT ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. INTERVIEW SANDAL THROUGH HIS EMPLOYMENT AS AIR CONTROLLER AT ROCKFORD AIRPORT.
FOR INFORMATION OF CHICAGO, CAPTIONED FLIGHT HIJACKED BY UNSUB NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, AFTER BOARDING FLIGHT FROM PORT- LAND TO SEATTLE. ALLOWED PASSENGERS TO DEPLANE AT SEATTLE AND AFTER RECEIVING TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, TOOK OFF IN PLANE WITH CREW CONSISTING OF THREE MALES AND ONE HOSTESS. FURNISHED SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS AS TO AIR SPEED, DIRECTION, AND AFTER CON- VERSATIONS WITH HOSTESS INSTRUCTED PLANE TO LAND AT RENO FOR A NECESSARY REFUELING STOP. INDICATED TO HOSTESS THAT HE WOULD GO TO MEXICO CITY.
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FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF MONEY AND WHILE IN AIR, UNSUB APPARENTLY OPENED REAR DOOR OF CAPTIONED PLANE AND DEPRESSED STAIRS. HAD PRE- VIOUSLY INSTRUCTED PILOT TO FLY WITH HIS LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS DOWN. UNSUB APPARENTLY PARACHUTED FROM PLANE AT AN UNKNOWN TIME END PAGE TWO
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DB COOPER-44198
PAGE THREE 164-81
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FOLLOWING TAKEOFF FROM SEATTLE. CREW OF PLANE STATES THEY TALKED TO HIJACKER VIA THE INTERCOM AT EIGHT ZERO FIVE PM BUT HAD NO FUR- THER CONTACT WITH HIM. PLANE LANDED AT RENO, NEVADA, ELEVEN ZERO ONE PM, PST, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, WITH ONLY CREW ABOARD. END
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EOM FBI CG ACKS FOR BOTH 001 002 CLR
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DB COOPER-44199
Serials: SE 164-81, SE 164-81-340