Part 7, page 6

Document date 27 November 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 7 p. 6, News clipping, dated 27 Nov 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-07/pages/6

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St. [Richfield?]... discovered [that] the [man] claimed he had a bomb, was demand- ing $200,000 ransom, [four?] crew's cooperation in his escape... [He was described by] crew [members] as [illegible] nervous, [rather] nice... [not] cruel or [mean?] [everything he?]... Used two of the [para-] chutes to leave the Boeing 727 jet airplane sometime dur[ing the flight later?] Wednesday... to Reno, Nev... At a press conference yes- terday morning at the Minneapolis-St. Paul In- ternational Airport, the plane's six crew members gave this account of the hijacking... The middle-aged hijacker... Hijack Continued on page 9A

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NWA hijacker continues

United Press International

Woodland, Wash. Hampered by fog and rain, searchers slogged through the foothills of the Cas- cade Mountains Friday looking for an airline hi- jacker.

The fugitive took over a Northwest Airlines 727 jet Wednesday, collected $200,000 ransom and es- caped by parachute some- where between Seattle, Wash. and Reno, Nev.

The ground and air search started near Woodland yesterday. FBI officials said that the site was se- lected on "pure conjec- ture" because four crew members who remained on the plane did not com- municate with the hijack- er between Seattle and Reno.

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Indian troops claim after East Pakistan

Associated Press

Mukti Bahini [East Pakistan] guerrillas [named?] a position near the village of Dohania, East [Pakistan]... [remainder illegible due to distortion and inverse orientation]

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Left column of a newspaper account reporting a press conference held by the six crew members of the hijacked Northwest Airlines 727 at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. The crew described the hijacker as middle-aged, not nervous, rather nice, and not cruel or mean. He demanded $200,000 ransom and used two parachutes to escape. Article continued on page 9A. UPI wire story dateline Woodland, Washington. Reports that searchers hampered by fog and rain were slogging through the Cascade Mountain foothills on Friday looking for the D.B. Cooper hijacker. The fugitive hijacked a Northwest Airlines 727 on Wednesday, collected $200,000 ransom, and parachuted somewhere between Seattle and Reno. FBI acknowledged the search site near Woodland was chosen on 'pure conjecture' because the four crew members remaining on the plane had no communication with the hijacker between Seattle and Reno. A separate, unrelated newspaper article printed upside-down at the bottom of the page. It concerns Indian troops and Mukti Bahini guerrillas near the village of Dohania, East Pakistan. This clipping is unrelated to the D.B. Cooper case and appears to be from the same newspaper issue (circa November 1971), pasted or stored alongside the Cooper article.

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